Oligosaccharide end products

It is now generally accepted that the digestion of starch by many mammalian species involves, firstly, the action of pancreatic oc-amylase to give oligosaccharide end-products which are hydrolysed further to D-glucose by the enzymes of the small intestine brush border. The enzymology of these reactions has been reviewed" with respect to both nutritional and clinical implications. 

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