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    The Digestive Enzyme of The Body

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    Digestive enzymes are substances produced by the body to help break down food during digestion. They are secreted from organs like the pancreas, stomach, salivary glands, small intestine, and liver. Digestive enzymes help break down large food molecules into smaller units that can be absorbed into the bloodstream. Examples of digestive enzymes include amylase, lipase, lactase, and protease. These enzymes are released both in anticipation of eating and in response to consuming food and work together to fully break down nutrients from carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.

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    The Digestive Enzyme of The Body

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    Digestive enzymes are substances produced by the body to help break down food during digestion. They are secreted from organs like the pancreas, stomach, salivary glands, small intestine, and liver. Digestive enzymes help break down large food molecules into smaller units that can be absorbed into the bloodstream. Examples of digestive enzymes include amylase, lipase, lactase, and protease. These enzymes are released both in anticipation of eating and in response to consuming food and work together to fully break down nutrients from carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.

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    Digestive enzymes are substances produced by the body to help break down food during digestion. They are secreted from organs like the pancreas, stomach, salivary glands, small intestine, and liver. Digestive enzymes help break down large food molecules into smaller units that can be absorbed into the bloodstream. Examples of digestive enzymes include amylase, lipase, lactase, and protease. These enzymes are released both in anticipation of eating and in response to consuming food and work together to fully break down nutrients from carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.

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    The Digestive Enzyme

    of the Body
    Caladio, Pielago, Wu
    What are digestive
    enzymes?
    These are substances that
    our body produced to help
    digest the food that we ingest
    What are digestive enzymes?
    ❏ They are secreted from various locations in our Digestive system
    (pancreas, stomach, salivary glands, small intestines, and liver)
    and come from hydrolase class of enzymes.
    ❏ The chemical digestion of food is dependent on a whole range of
    hydrolase enzymes produced by the cells lining the gut as well as
    associated organs to help break large food molecules into very
    much smaller ‘building block’ units. These can then be readily
    and rapidly absorbed through the gut wall and into the
    bloodstream for transport to the liver and from there to other
    parts of the body.
    How do these digestive enzymes activate?

    Our Digestive Enzymes are released in


    both anticipations of food and in
    response to food. Even with just
    thinking/looking at food would get these
    enzymes running.
    Types of digestive enzymes
    Amylase Lactase Protease
    A digestive enzyme essential A type of enzyme that breaks A digestive enzymes that break
    for the digestion of down the sugar, down proteins into amino
    carbohydrates, it breaks down lactose,usually found in dairy acids.
    starches into sugars. It is products.
    (Carboxypeptidase A,
    secreted by both our salivary
    Carboxypeptidase B,
    glands and from our pancreas.
    Chymotrypsin, Pepsin, Trypsin)

    Maltase Lipase Sucrase


    Is responsible for breaking Is the enzyme responsible for Is secreted by the small
    down maltose and is secreted the breakdown of fats that we intestine where it breaks down
    by the small intestine. consume. Specifically, lipase sucrose into the simpler
    breaks fats into fatty acids and sugars of fructose and glucose.
    glycerol. Lipase is produced in
    small amounts in our mouth
    and stomach, and in larger
    amounts by your pancreas.
    Digestive enzymes
    produced by our body
    These are substances that
    our body produced to help
    digest the food that we ingest
    MOUTH
    The oral cavity or the mouth contains salivary glands. The salivary
    gland secretes the enzyme lysozyme which has an antibacterial
    action. The enzymes secreted by the mouth mainly provide protection
    against bacteria.

    Enzymes produced by the salivary glands:

    a. Ptyalin - Converts starch to simple soluble sugars


    b. Amylase- Converts starch to soluble sugars
    c. Betaine- Maintains cell fluid balance as osmolytes
    d. Bromelain- Anti-inflammatory agent, tenderizes meat
    STOMACH
    The enzymes released by the stomach are known as gastric enzymes.
    Stomach secretes hydrochloric acid which kills bacteria and germs
    and provides an acid environment for proper enzymatic activity of
    protease enzymes.

    Enzymes produced by the stomach:

    a. Pepsin- Breaks protein into small peptides


    b. Gastric amylase- Degradation of starch
    c. Gelatinase- Degradation of gelatin and collagen
    d. Rennin- Conversion of liquid milk to solid particles
    e. Gastric lipase- Degradation of butter fat
    PANCREAS
    The Pancreas is the main digestive gland of our body. The digestive
    enzymes of the pancreas break down carbohydrates and starch
    molecules to simple sugars. They also secrete a group of enzymes
    which help in degradation of nucleic acids. It functions both as an
    endocrine and exocrine gland.

    Enzymes produced by the pancreas:

    a. Pancreatic lipase- Degrades triglycerides into fatty acids and


    glycerol
    b. Phospholipase- Hydrolyses phospholipids into fatty acids
    c. Trypsin- Converts proteins to basic amino acids
    PANCREAS
    Enzymes produced by the pancreas: (continuation)

    a. Steapsin- Breakdown of triglycerides to glycerol and fatty


    acids
    b. Chymotrypsin- Converts proteins to aromatic amino acids
    c. Carboxypeptidase- Degradation of proteins to amino acids
    d. Pancreatic amylase- Degradation of carbohydrates to simple
    sugars
    e. Elastases- Degrade the protein elastin
    f. Nucleases- Conversion of nucleic acids to nucleotides and
    nucleosides
    SMALL INTESTINE
    The final step of digestion is carried out by the small intestine. It contains
    a group of enzymes that breakdown the products undigested by the
    pancreas.The food gets converted to semi-solid form by the activity of the
    enzymes present in the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

    Enzymes produced by the stomach:

    a. Sucrase- Converts sucrose to disaccharides and monosaccharides


    b. Maltase- Converts maltose to glucose
    c. Lactase- Converts lactose to glucose and galactose
    d. Isomaltase- Converts maltose to isomaltose
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