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State in brief the function of digestive enzymes. |
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Answer» Digestive enzymes are hydrolytic enzymes that breaks down the complex substances present in the food to simpler and soluble substances that are readily absorbed by the body. e.g., Protein + Enzyme → Peptones + Enzyme → Peptides + Enzyme → Amino acid. Thus, the digestive enzymes helps in the digestion of complex foods such as carbohydrates, proteins, etc. |
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