Write functions of HCl in stomach ?
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Hydrochloric acid acts as a barrier against foreign microorganisms and helps prevent infection. Thehydrochloric acid present in thegastric acid helps in the proper digestion of foods. It denatures proteins with its low pH and converts pepsinogen (an enzyme precursor) into pepsin (an active enzyme).
- HCl is one of the gastric juices secreted by stomach.
- HCl converts the inactive enzyme pepsinogen into its active form pepsin. Pepsin digests proteins and breaks them into amino acids.
- HCl also kills harmful pathogens or particles in our food when it reaches the stomach through the gastrointestinal duct.
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Explanation:
There is lot of function of hcl is stomach.
1. it converts inactive pepsinogen to pepsin.
2. it destroys all bacteria in the stomach.
3. it make hard food into soft so that it can be easily digest.
4. it make ph of stomach acidic so that all enzyme works properly.
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