Emzymes that are required for the digestion of food in the stomach?

Answer 1

Pepsin is a protease enzymes released into the stomach. There is more mechanical breakdown too by the stomach muscles. If you take plant enzymes, most plant enzymes are quite stable in the stomach environment and go to work. This gives the plant enzymes an edge on digestion over animal/pancreatic enzymes. Plant enzymes can be working on food for at least an hour before the food proceeds to the small intestine.

Once the food enters the small intestine, plant enzymes continue to work. At this point, any pancreatic or animal enzymes kick in. It is at this point that your naturally produced pancreatic enzymes are released by the pancreas. Some enzymes are released by the small intestine lining as well.

The enzymes from the small intestine include:

• lactase (breaks down milk sugar),
• DPP IV (breaks down milk protein and other protein bonds), and
• dissacharrides (breaks down some starches and sugars).

Answer 2

Stomach glands produces the proenzyme pepisinogen. This is harmless to proteins. So there is no autodigestion of the cell producing the enzyme. In the acid environment of stomach the pepsinogen get converted into pepsin. This pepsin is responsible for the breaking of peptide bond. This is most active in pH 1 to 2. It gets almost inactivated by pH 5. In alkaline pH it is inactive.
Pepsin is the produced in the stomach that degrades proteins

Science Module

Digestive System

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Answer 3

Enzyme amylase