Stomach acid, or hydrochloric acid (HCl), is not an enzyme, because stomach acid is neither a protein nor a catalyst.
You have probably only one important enzyme, that is present in saliva. That is called as 'Ptyalin'. This enzyme brakes down the carbohydrates to sugar. This enzyme continue to act in stomach also for some time, till acid in the stomach makes the enzyme ineffective.
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
Found in the stomach
HC1 (hydrochloric acid) activates pepsinogen into its enzyme form Pepsin.
the enzyme found in gastric juice is Pepsinogenand it only works in an acidic environment (hydrochloric acid is in the stomach)then when that enzyme gets mixed with the hydrochloric acid it creates pepsin and pepsin breaks down proteins into amino acid chainsthere are also other enzymes like:HClReninPepsinogenGelatinaseGastric AmylaseGastric Lipase
stomach
an enzyme found in the stomach is PEPSIN
Parietal cells in the stomach lining produce pepsinogen, the precursor enzyme of hydrochloric acid. Pepsinogen is converted into pepsin, the active enzyme that helps break down proteins in the stomach.
You have probably only one important enzyme, that is present in saliva. That is called as 'Ptyalin'. This enzyme brakes down the carbohydrates to sugar. This enzyme continue to act in stomach also for some time, till acid in the stomach makes the enzyme ineffective.
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
Protein digestion in the stomach is initiated by the enzyme pepsin, which breaks down proteins into smaller peptides. Pepsin is activated by the acidic environment of the stomach, specifically hydrochloric acid. The breakdown of proteins into peptides is essential for their absorption and utilization by the body.
When pepsinogen is mixed with hydrochloric acid, it makes pepsin. Pepsin is the enzyme that begins the digestion of proteins in stomach.
Found in the stomach
HC1 (hydrochloric acid) activates pepsinogen into its enzyme form Pepsin.
Gastric juices are secretions from the stomach lining that contain hyrdrochloric acid and an enzyme that digests protein.
There are many digestive juices in your stomach, the main ones are hydrochloric acid (HCl) and peptin. Peptin is an enzyme that digests proteins and HCl is an acid that dissolves most everything else. The stomach can only digest proteins. Carbohydrates and lipids are digested in the small intestine, where most digestion takes place.
The stomach digests the food by moving and making it into acid.