What chemicals are involved in digestion?

Answer 1

That is a good question! In your stomach, you have very strong hydrochloric acid to assist the digestion. From the third part of duodenum onward, you have alkaline medium to digest the food. Sodium bicarbonate is there in small intestine. You have various enzymes to assist the digestion. You have amylase or ptyalin in your saliva for carbohydrates. You have pepsin in your stomach for digestion of proteins. You have trypsin and chymotrypsin in the intestine to digest the polypeptides from proteins. You have amylase, maltase, lactase, sucrase etc to digest the various types of carbohydrates in the small intestine. You have lipase and bile salts to digest the fats in the small intestine.

Answer 2

Chemicals involved in digestion include enzymes such as amylase, protease, and lipase, which break down food molecules into smaller, absorbable nutrients. Hydrochloric acid in the stomach helps to break down food and kill bacteria. Bile, produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, helps with the digestion and absorption of fats.

Answer 3

There are many, and in three general categories. Ones that break down proteins, ones that break down carbohydrates, and one that breakdown fats; bile, enzymes, acids, and digestive juices.

Answer 4

The chemicals that are involved in the digestion by humans are the following: amylase, pepsin, HCl, endopeptidases, trypsin, and chymotrypsin.

Answer 5

There are a number of chemicals including Hydrochloric acid & Water as well as organic compounds produced by the body called digestive enzymes with catalyse the breakdown.

Answer 6

Enzymes

Answer 7

enzymes