Global Alpha-Amylase Market Is Expected to Reach Usd 1.6 Billion by 2020

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Global Alpha-Amylase Market is expected to reach USD 1.6 billion by 2020

Date: 2016-09 

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Alpha amylase is a protein involved in the digestion of food. This type of digestive enzyme cleaves large molecules of food into smaller pieces that can be taken up in the intestines and metabolized. In this case, the molecules are long chains of glucose known as starch. There are two types of this protein in humans, one in the pancreas and one in the saliva, also known as ptyalin.

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A substantial amount of calories consumed by humans is taken up in the form of carbohydrates. One very common form of carbohydrate is the insoluble polysaccharide starch, which is found in foods such as potatoes, corn, and rice. It is comprised of a large number of sugars in a long chain. The sugar in starch is glucose. The structure of starch is a long, linear backbone of glucose molecules with chains of glucose branching off.

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Alpha amylases are enzymes and, by definition, speed up the rate of reactions. In this case, the reaction is to cleave the linear part of the starch to produce large, soluble starch fragments. They continue being cleaved by this protein until they are broken down to a unit of two glucose molecules, known as maltose. In the intestine, maltose is broken down to glucose, which can be taken up by the cells. Once inside the cells, the glucose is known as blood sugar.

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It is widely used in starch sugar, brewing, bread, fruit and vegetable drinks, pharmaceuticals and feed and other fields.

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For this type of digestion to take place, it is first necessary to produce saliva. This is initiated by chewing, and alpha amylase is one of the components of it. The enzyme does not remain...