chemical digestion or simply digestion
chemical digestion or simply digestion
chemical digestion or simply digestion
Digestive system
Catabolism is the process in which a complex substance is broken down into its smaller components. For example is you excersice for a sufficient amount of time, your body will begin "burining fat" (i.e., breaking it down into smaller molecules to release the necessary energy required for continued exercise).
Fungi use extracellular digestion. They must obtain preformed organic molecules (nutrients) from the environment. The fungus will secrete enzymes to hydrolyze complexes into simpler molecules - which are then absorbed. Once inside, the simpler molecules can be used for energy or to synthesize larger molecules.
During cellular respiration the sugars formed during photosynthesis are broken into simpler molecules. These simpler molecules are carbon dioxide and water.
Digestive juices and enzymes break down the complex food materials into simpler compounds and that is how they facilitate in digestion.
Starch is an enzyme that converts the glucose into bigger molecules. Starch is proteins and fat.
Those molecules containing ONE Carbon atom
This energy is derived from the chemical bond energy in food molecules, which thereby serve as fuel for cells. The first step is the enzymatic breakdown of food molecules in digestion, and the second step that converts glucose molecules is called glycolysis.
The digestion system converts food into energy.