Question 1

what do hydrochloric acid and pepsin do?

Accepted Answer

Digest food: Hydrochloric acid and pepsin are produced in the stomach and help in the digestion of food. Hydrochloric acid also kills most the bacteria that we swallow with food.

Question 2

where are hydrochloric acid and pepsin secreted?

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Stomach: Chief cells secrete pepsin and parietal or oxyntic cells secrete hydrochloric acid.

Question 3

which foods helps pepsin production in the stomack ? is there foods contains pepsin directly?

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Pepsin: Pepsin is produced in the stomach in response to protein intake in food.  The pesin is a digestive enzyme that the stomach produces in order to digest protein foods.

Question 4

trypsin hormone is secreted by which part of a body?

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NOT a hormone: Hi. Trypsin is NOT a hormone! It's an enzyme that digests dietary proteins. Trypsin is made by the pancreas and excreted into the small intestine when a meal is eaten to break down proteins into smaller chains of amino acids in preparation for absorption into the body.

Question 5

what relationship between pancreatic trypsin inhibitors and pancreatitis?

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Protection: Pancreatic trypsin inhibitor keeps the activated pancreatic enzyme from attacking pancreas and prevents pancreatitis. Genetic variants of pancreatic trypsin inhibitor can make a person more susceptible to pancreatitis. You may consult this article for more info: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17048046
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Question 6

what is the definition or description of: trypsin?

Accepted Answer

Enzyme: An enzyme made in the pancreas capable of helping to digest proteins.

Question 7

does the stomach make trypsin?

Accepted Answer

No: Trypsin is produced by the pancreas.

Question 8

how does trypsin work on proteins?

Accepted Answer

It...: Trypsin helps "snip" proteins into amino acids, which are absorbed and put together into proteins your body needs to make!

Question 9

how does pepsin breakdown proteins?

Accepted Answer

Amino acid links: Pepsin is an enzyme whose zymogen (pepsinogen) is released by the chief cells in the stomach and that degrades food proteins into peptides. Pepsin is most efficient in cleaving peptide bonds between hydrophobic and preferably aromatic Amino Acids such as phenylalanine, tryptophan, and tyrosine.

Question 10

does the stomach produce trypsin in humans?

Accepted Answer

No: Trypsin is produced by the pancreas.

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