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There are enzymes in the small intestine to speed up break down of nutrients (proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates) that pass through the small intestine. The small intestine is where most of the chemical digestion that your food undergoes occurs, and where most of the nutrients your body needs are drawn from.
The enzymes break down polymeric macromolecules, so that your body can easily absorb them. Simply put, starches and large sugars are broken down into simple sugars, such as glucose, the most simple sugar, proteins into amino acids, and lipids(fats) into fatty acids and glycerol.
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The enzyme that catalyzes the digestion of peptides in the small intestine is?
The enzyme that catalyzes the digestion of peptides in the small intestine is pepsin. Pepsin is released by the mucosal lining of the stomach.
Can you fine protease in the small intestine?
Protease is an enzyme made in the pancreas and delivered to the small intestine through the oddi sphincter.
The digestion of fat occurs in the small intestine the enzyme for this is called?
Lipase
In humans chemical digestion is accomplished by enzyme action that begins in the mouth in ends in the?
In the small intestine where enzymes from the pancreas and small intestine finsh the job
Maltase and sucrase is made in?
Maltase is an enzyme produced by the cells lining the small intestine.
What enzyme break down maltose?
Maltase breaks down enzymes in the small intestine.
Why does stomach and small intestine produce different enzymes?
because each enzyme has an own purpose
Where is the maltase enzyme located in the human body?
The maltase enzyme is located in the small intestine of the human body, specifically in the brush border of the intestinal lining. It plays a crucial role in breaking down maltose into glucose molecules to be absorbed by the body.
Where is the Amylase Enzyme located?
There are two types of amylase enzymes. Salivary amylase is known as ptyalin; act upon carbohydrates in the mouth. Ptyalin begins polysaccharide digestion in the mouth; the process is completed in the small intestine by the pancreatic amylase, sometimes called amylopsin.
What enzyme is in the small intestine?
Amylase, protease and lipase are secreted from the pancreas into the small intestine. Sucrose, maltase, lactase from the wall of the intestine are also used to complete digestion.
How does small intestine help in the process of digestion?
there is an enzyme called lipase which converts fats into fatty acids.
What is the portion of the gastrointestinal tract that absorbs food?
The process of digestion is mainly in the stomach but lots of things are also digested in the small intestine e.g. maltose into glucose (enzyme used is maltase), protein into amino acids (protease is the enzyme) and lipids into glycerol and fatty acids (lipase is the enzyme) When these have been broken down they are absorbed through the lining of the small intestine where they are absorbed into the blood (absorbtion) and used as raw materials for growth and tissue repair (assimilation). So the answer is the small intestine Hope that helped =)
