Salivary Amylase. Chewing breaks food into small molecules that combine with saliva secreted by the salivary glands in the mouth. Along with mucin and buffers, saliva contains the enzyme salivary amylase, which acts on the starch in food and breaks it down to maltose.lthough fiber resists enzyme action and is not broken down during digestion, break down of starch by enzymes starts in the mouth.
English Bay (Vancouver) English Bay is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, west of the downtown peninsula and False Creek. It consists of the south side of the Burrard Inlet, extending from Point Grey in the southwest to Prospect Point in the northeast. Contents.
Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. Vancouver Island, located in British Columbia, Canada, is the largest Pacific island east of New Zealand.While the city of Vancouver stands on the North American mainland, Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia, is located on the island.The island was first explored by Europeans when British and Spanish expeditions arrived in the late 18th century.t was originally named Quadra's and Vancouver's Island in commemoration of the friendly negotiations held by Spanish commander of the Nootka Sound settlement, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, and by British naval captain George Vancouver in Nootka Sound in 1792, to find a solution to the Nootka Crisis.