Question

What is the role of hcl in stomach in small points?

Answer 1

hydrochloric acid, kill the bacteria ingested with food. it creates an acidic medium of ph about 2 facilating the action of pepsin enzyme.
due to highly acidic nature of hcl the digestion of starch is prevented.

Answer 2

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HCl also has another important role to play in the stomach during the digestion process. The presence Of HCl in the body of the stomachcauses the activation of enzymes. One of the proteins in HCl is used to convert the enzyme pepsinogen into pepsin. Pepsin breaks up the peptides from the protein.