(4 points) Many dietary supplements contain digestive enzymes that the manufacturers.claim to
help people digest food more efficiently. A) What will happen to these enzymes in the stomach?
(Hint: Enzymes are proteins) B) Will the enzymes continue to function once they have reached
the lumen of the 9. small intestine? Why or why not? Please elaborate your answers.
Solution
A) many dietary supplements contain primary digestive enzymes like protease to digest
protein,lipase enzyme to digest fat,amylase to digest carbohydrates.All enzymes are
proteins.when these enter stomach they mix with the food and digest with food without forming
gas and bloating.
B) Once the digestive enzymes enter the lumen of small intestine they will get neutralised by
Hco3- .chemical breakdown also done in small Intestine. Trypsin and chymotrypsin which are
proteolytic enzymes breaks the proteins into small peptides.
help people digest food more efficiently. A) What will happen to these enzymes in the stomach?
(Hint: Enzymes are proteins) B) Will the enzymes continue to function once they have reached
the lumen of the 9. small intestine? Why or why not? Please elaborate your answers.
Solution
A) many dietary supplements contain primary digestive enzymes like protease to digest
protein,lipase enzyme to digest fat,amylase to digest carbohydrates.All enzymes are
proteins.when these enter stomach they mix with the food and digest with food without forming
gas and bloating.
B) Once the digestive enzymes enter the lumen of small intestine they will get neutralised by
Hco3- .chemical breakdown also done in small Intestine. Trypsin and chymotrypsin which are
proteolytic enzymes breaks the proteins into small peptides.
