Polysaccharide digestion in cheek pouches of the bonnet macaque |
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| Authors: | Hafeezur Rahaman K. Srihari R. V. Krishnamoorthy |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Zoology, University of Agricultural Sciences, 560024, Hebbal, Bangalore, India
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| Abstract: | Bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) possess cheek pouches which equip them to raid field crops. The pouches are regarded as the replacement of the first part of sacculated stomach of langur. The present study demonstrates that these pouches cause starch digestion also and that the secretions contain two different amylases or isozymes. |
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