Question

explain the role of stomach enzymes in digestion of food?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The Digestive enzymes helps in digesting complex food materials into simpler molecules for absorption by the body.

Stomach contain gastric glands that produces pepsin that helps in protein digestion. Apart from that other enzymes such as trypsin, chymotrypsin also helps in protein digestion.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The stomach enzymes in our stomach are called pepsin. They mainly break down proteins. They require an acidic medium to activate the reaction of pepsin. As they break down the food they slowly go down our upper smaller intestine called duodenum.