Question

what is the function of bile salts?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Bile salts are also biologic detergents that enable the body to excrete cholesterol and potentially toxic compounds (eg, bilirubin, drug metabolites). The function of bile salts in the duodenum is to solubilize ingested fat and fat-soluble vitamins, facilitating their digestion and absorption.

Answer 2

Bile is alkaline,and contains salts which help to emulsify or break the fats present in the food. So Bile performs two functions:

Makes the acidic food coming from the stomach alkaline so that pancreatic enzymes can act on it.

Bile salts break the fats present in the food into small globules making it easy for the enzymes to act and digest them.

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