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Q: Why do enzymes from our mouth stop working in our stomach?
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Why do enzymes in saliva stop working before reaching the stomach?

They don't. They stop working when they reach it because of the acidic pH.


Why does the digisition of starch stops when food reaches the stomach?

Carbohydrate digestion happens mostly in the mouth and esophagus, surprisingly. This combines with the fact that the enzymes in saliva that cause digestion stop functioning when they reach the stomach.


Why do enzymes stop working at high temperatures in the process of photosynthesis?

Enzymes stop working at high teperatures during photosynthesis because the heat changes their shape. If the enzymes shape is altered then it can not catalize what it is supposed to.


What happens if the stomach stop working?

starve causing death


How do you stop chest and stomach burns during pregnancy?

Take papaya enzymes. You can find them at vitamin stores.


What produces substances that stop stomach acid action and enzymes that break down organic nutrients?

The pancreas


What happens if chemicals interfere with enzymes in metabolism?

It depends. The enzymes may be less efficient or stop working completely, it's the best answer I can give for such a general question.


What happens to enzyme actvitys when temperature rises?

The enzymes will stop working because they only work in certain temperatures.


What is the name for an enzyme that has lost its ability?

No, enzymes stop working when the body dies


How does pH affect enzyme activity Use the enzymes pepsin and trypsin as examples?

Enzymes work within a range of pH levels. Pepsin, which is found in the stomach works in an acidic environment, while trypsin functions in a basic surrounding in the intestines. Increasing or decreasing the pH levels can stop the activity of these enzymes.


What enzymes do humans have to stop bleeding that rats do not?

Enzymes don't stop bleeding, blood platelets do by forming clots.


How do you get your tongue to stop hurting after you eat pineapple?

Swish a mouthful of salt water around your mouth--it'll burn at first, but the prickling should stop. Fresh pineapple contains enzymes that are commonly extracted and used in meat tenderizers, and salt inactivates them and should stop the stinging.