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Write the process of digestion and absorbtion of these components. Also mentioned enzymes and glands associated with the process of digestion and absorbtion
Asked by akshatparashar563 | 11 May, 2021, 08:04: PM
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Process and Enzymes Involved in Digestion and Absorption in Humans:
 

Part of the Alimentary Canal

Digestive Juices/Enzymes

Source of Secretion

Food Digested End-product
Mouth

Saliva

Salivary amylase

Salivary glands

Polysaccharides (Starch)

Disaccharides (Maltose)

Oesophagus

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-

-

Stomach

Gastric juice

HCl

Gastric glands

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  • Converts pepsinogen and prorennin to the corresponding active forms pepsin and rennin

  • Provides an acidic environment

  • Kills bacteria in food

Pepsin

Gastric glands

Proteins

Proteoses, peptones

Rennin (found in infants and young children)

Gastric glands Casein Proteoses, peptones

Gastric lipase

Gastric glands

Fats (emulsification)

Fatty acids and glycerol


Small Intestine (Duodenum)

Bile

Bile (bilirubin + biliverdin + cholesterol + phospholipids + bile salts)

 

No enzymes

Liver (stored in the gall bladder)

Fats

Emulsifies fats into micelles

Pancreatic juice

Trypsin, chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase

Pancreas Proteins, peptones, proteoses Dipeptides

Amylase

Pancreas Polysaccharides Disaccharides

Lipase

Pancreas

Fats Diglycerides, monoglycerides

Nucleases

 Pancreas  Nucleic acids  Nucleotides

Succus entericus

 Disaccharidases 

 

(Example: Maltase)

Intestinal glands

Disaccharides

 

(Example: Maltose)

Monosaccharides

 

(Example: Glucose)

Dipeptidases

Intestinal glands

Dipeptides

Amino acids

Lipases

Intestinal glands

Monoglycerides Fatty acids and glycerol

Nucleases

Intestinal glands

Nucleotides

Nucleosides

Nucleases

Intestinal glands Nucleosides Sugars and nitrogenous bases

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