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Hydrochloric acid. It turns inactive Pepsinogen enzyme secreted by Chief cells into enzyme Pepsin witch in turn the Pep-tide bond between Amine acids. Hydrochloric acid is secreted by Oxyntic cells and it takes lot of Energy to get high concentration of Hydrogen ions into the secretion, witch may be million times more than plasma.

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