HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
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digestive juice
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vitamins
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enzymes
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hormones
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Detailed explanation-1: -Digestive enzymes play a key role in breaking down the food you eat. These proteins speed up chemical reactions that turn nutrients into substances that your digestive tract can absorb. Your saliva has digestive enzymes in it. Some of your organs, including your pancreas, gallbladder, and liver, also release them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Enzymes are globular proteins that control biological reactions. Digestive enzymes speed up the breakdown (hydrolysis) of food molecules into their ‘building block’ components. These reactions occur outside of the cells lining the gut.
Detailed explanation-3: -Enzymes are the biological catalysts that bring about chemical digestion of food. Example: Pepsin, trypsin, Salivary amylase i. e. Ptyalin etc.