FUTURE TRENDS IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
PERSONALIZED NUTRITION AND HEALTH
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Question
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Digestive enzyme that is found in the stomach and begins the digestion of proteins
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Esophagus
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Pepsin
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Peristalsis
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Epiglottis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Pepsin is a stomach enzyme that serves to digest proteins found in ingested food. Gastric chief cells secrete pepsin as an inactive zymogen called pepsinogen.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the stomach, pepsin is the main digestive enzyme attacking proteins. Several other pancreatic enzymes go to work when protein molecules reach the small intestine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Protease (made in the pancreas; breaks down proteins)
Detailed explanation-4: -Pepsins are a family of proteolytic enzymes that initiate protein digestion in the stomach.
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