And what the alpha amylase does is it begins to cleave alpha one four glycocity linkages that exist in the starch as well as glycogen. So this begins the cleavage of alpha one four glycocity linkages in the mouth, and this breaks it down to smaller polysaccharides and oligosaccharides. Now, from the mouth, it moves via the esophagus, eventually makes its way into our stomach. Now, in the stomach, nothing actually breaks down. So what that means is the actual glycocitic linkages, the bonds don't break down in the stomach, but once it makes its way into the small intestine, that's when the rest of that digestion actually takes place, because the pancreas produces a specific type of carbohydrate digestive enzyme known as pancreatic alpha amylase. And this is much more potent and much more powerful than the salivary alpha amylase.