Biology, asked by manmilan01, 1 year ago

the stomach secretes gastric juice, which contains hydrochloric acid. what is its function?

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Answered by kaushik51
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the function of HCl is to kill the germs from the food and make the food acidic medium so that pepsin will work on food
Answered by davinderchahal
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Answer:

  1. It gets mixed with the food and kills the bacteria present in the food
  2. It activates pepsin to act on proteins
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