List of amylase induced fermentations

This is a list of amylase induced fermentations. Saliva can be used as a source of the enzyme amylase to break down complex sugars into simple sugars. These simple sugars can then undergo fermentation by micro-organisms. Dual fermentation refers to fermentation by more than one micro-organism.^[1]

Cassava

• Fermented beverage
  • Cauim
  • chicha: Throughout the Amazon Basin, including the interiors of Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, chicha is made most often with cassava). In Peruvian Amazonia chicha is known as masato.
  • kasiri (Sub-Saharan Africa)
  • nihamanchi (South America), also known as nijimanche (Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru)
  • Parakari (Guyana)
  • Sakurá (Brazil, Surinam)
• Distilled beverage
  • tiquira (Brazil)

References

1. Fischer-Vize, J. A.; Vize, P. D.; Rubin, G. M. (1992). "A unique mutation in the Enhancer of split gene complex affects the fates of the mystery cells in the developing Drosophila eye". Development 115 (1): 89–101. PMID 1638995.