Start Discovering Solved Questions and Your Course Assignments
TextBooks Included
Active Tutors
Asked Questions
Answered Questions
absorption of amino acids and peptidesgenerally the dietary proteins are almost competely digested to their constituent amino acids
digestion of nucleic acidsseveral nucleases present in the pancreatic juice like rnaase and dnaase digest various nucleic
digestion of proteinsthe proteolytic enzymes secreted by gastric juice pancreatic juice and intestinal juice cause the hydrolysis of
digestion of carbohydratesdigestion of food starts in the mouth itself by the action of enzyme salivary amylase and
digestion of food materialsdigestion you know involves the mixing of food its movement through the digestive tract and chemical breakdown of
digestion in the intestineabout 2 to 3 liters of alkaline fluid is secreted every day by the
what is bile saltsbile salts have a considerable ability to lower surface tension by this property they prevent the coming together of the
ribonucleases and deoxyribonucleasesthese enzymes are responsible for the degradation of dietary nucleic acids
lipasepancreatic lipase specifically hydrolyses the primary ester linkages ie at the position 1 and 3 of triacylglycerols the presence of
amylasethe presence of pancreatic amylase brings about the breakdown of starch and glycogen and its action is similar to salivary
carboxypeptidasethe inactive zymogen procarboxypeptidase is activated by trypsin the further action on the polypeptides
elastasethe inactive proelastase is activated by trypsin to the active form elastase elastase attacks peptide bonds next
chymotrypsin chymotrypsin is secreted in an inactive form chymotrypsinogen which is activated by trypsin chymotrypsin is
role of pancreas in digestionpancreatic juices secreted from the pancreas aid in digestion of the food about
digestion in the stomachto understand the digestion mechanism in the stomach it is important to know about the anatomy of the stomach look up
explain the main function of the digestive system the major function of the digestive system is to ingest the food materials digest it to
digestiondigestive enzymes break down food particles into smaller units you will see that the final breakdown products of protein digestion are
what is absorption absorption involves the transfer of materials through the mucosa of the alimentary tract into blood and
what is digestionthe ingested food material is broken down into smaller constituents which are assimilable by the
explain enzymesenzymes are the proteins that act as catalysts speeding the rate at which biochemical reactions proceed but
explain turnover numberturnover number- the number of molecules of substrate transformed per catalytic site of the enzyme per
explain ricketsrickets- a condition in children due to vitamin d
what is prostetic groupprostetic group- a non-protein part of the enzyme which remains tightly bound to the protein
explain pancreatiti creatitis - inflammation of the
explain nephrotic syndromenephrotic syndrome - kidney disease due to degeneration of renal