GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Antacids are a combination of various compounds with various salts of calcium, magnesium, and aluminum as active ingredients. The antacids act by neutralizing the acid in the stomach and by inhibiting pepsin, which is a proteolytic enzyme.

Detailed explanation-2: -Calcium Carbonate [CaCO3] – Calcium Carbonate (chalk) is the most potent usable antacid. It can completely neutralize stomach acid.

Detailed explanation-3: -What are antacids and what does an antacid do? Antacids are a medicine that relieves heartburn and indigestion by reducing the amount of acid in your stomach. Antacids neutralize the acid in your stomach by stopping an enzyme that creates acid to break down food for digestion (pepsin).

Detailed explanation-4: -Antacids include aluminium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate and magnesium trisilicate.

Detailed explanation-5: -The pancreas secretes bicarbonates, which help in neutralizing stomach acid. It provides optimal pH (7.8) for enzyme activities and protects the mucosal lining of the intestine from acid.