How are polysaccharides and disaccharides digested?
The polysaccharide sugar is converted into a simpler form to facilitate the absorption of sugar. In this process, the enzyme present in the pancreatic juice named as amylase breaks the polysaccharide sugar into disaccharide sugar, such as starch is broken down into maltose, isomaltose, and alpha Dextrin. The disaccharide sugar, such as maltose, sucrose, and lactose, gets digested by the enzyme Sucrase, Maltase, and Lactase, respectively, present in the small intestine and forms the monosaccharides.