What would happen if HCL were not secreted in the stomach ?
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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.
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- In the absence of HCl, pepsinogen is not activated and converted into pepsin.
- Hence, no protein digestion takes place in stomach.
- Carbohydrate digestion continues.
- Bacteria in the stomach will not be killed.
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