Salivary Amylase. Salivary amylase initiates the digestion of starches, one of the more complex forms of carbohydrate. Secreted in the saliva, salivary amylase breaks down long-chain and branched carbohydrates, known as amylose and amylopectin, into two- and three-molecule sugars called maltose. The individual subunits that make up maltose are glucose, your bodyâs primary fuel source.
Aspirin has many effects because it reduces the bodyâs production of prostaglandins, a hormone-like substance that acts in numerous ways. Reducing prostaglandins diminishes pain and fever and weakens plateletsâ ability to stick together and form clots.
Slightly more than 12,500 patients were randomly selected to receive the drug and aspirin doses ranging from 75 mg to 325 mg daily. The typical baby aspirin is 81 mg, and an adult tablet is 325 mg. In an earlier report, the combination treatment was found to be superior to aspirin alone, regardless of the aspirin dose given.