what is the function of digestive enzymes?
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Explanation:
Digestive enzymes play a key role in breaking down the food you eat. These proteins speed up chemical reactions that turn nutrients into substances that your digestive tract can absorb. Your saliva has digestive enzymes in it. Some of your organs, including your pancreas, gallbladder, and liver, also release them.
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Digestive enzymes help to digest food easily . They break down large food globules in to smaller food globules so that they re easy to digest .
Digestive enzymes are of four types :-
1.) Amylase :-
➙ It is a type of digestive enzyme present in saliva. Saliva is produced in salivary gland . Amylase acts on starch present in the food .
2.) Lipase :-
➙ It is a type of digestive enzyme that is produced in pancreas . It is secreted in the duodenal area . It breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol .
3.) Pepsin :-
➙ It is a type of digestive enzyme produced in the stomach in the form of pepsinogen . It is converted into pepsin by the action of Hydrochloric acid (HCL) . It converts Pepsin into petones .
4.) Trypsin :-
➙ It is a type of digestive enzyme produced in pancreas . It is produced in an inactive form called trypsinogen . It also helps to digest proteins in the small intestine .