Question

how would non secretion of hydrocholoric acid in our stomach effect food digestion ? explain

Answer 1

HCL IS HELPFUL IN DIGESTING THE FOOD AND KILLING THE GERMS PRESENT IN THE STOMACH

WITHOUT IT FOOD CANNOT BE DIGEST

Answer 2

ans. Hydrochloric acid is necessary to make the medium acidic which allows inactive enzyme pepsinogen to be converted into pepsin. Pepsin plays an important role in the digestion of proteins. Moreover, it also kills various microbes which may be present in food. These actions would not be possible in the absence of hydrochloric acid.