Digestive Enzyme
Digestive enzymes
are
enzymes
in the
alimentary tract
with a purpose of breaking down components of
food
so that they can be taken up by the
organism
. The main sites of action are the
buccal cavity
,
stomach
, and the
jejunum
. They are secreted by the
salivary glands
, the
stomach
, and the
pancreas
. The main digestive enzymes are:
Amylase
, which digest starch into small segments of multiple
sugars
and into individual soluble sugars.
Protease
, which split up
proteins
into their component
amino acids
.
Carbohydrase
, which split up animal and vegetable fats and oils into
glycerol
and
fatty acids
.
Lipase
, which breaks down
fatty acids
.
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