Tongue, lipase secretion

The tongue is sensitive to the taste not of triacylglycerols, but rather of free fatty acids, and especially polyunsaturated fatty acids (section 4.3.1.1). This suggests that the lipase secreted by the tongue has a role in permitting the detection of fatty foods as an energy source, in addition to its role in fat digestion (section 4.3.2). 

Saliva is secreted by the salivary glands in response to various stimuli. This fluid contains a-amylase, to which lingual lipase is added by the Von Ebner glands of the tongue in humans and certain animals Hof et al, 1997),... 

A lipase that hydrolyzes triglycerides, hence a true triglyceridase, is secreted by Ebner s glands in the tongue. 

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