Answer to Question #140903 in Biology for fatima

Question #140903
Why are most digestive enzymes not found in the stomach?
What body parts does digestion of carbohydrates occur?​
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Expert's answer
2020-11-05T09:48:14-0500

The stomach produces hydrochloric acid that significantly lowers the pH of the stomach juice. High acidity denatures proteins and inactivates enzymes. As a result, most of digestive enzymes would be inactivated in the stomach.

Digestion of carbohydrates occurs in the small intestine, i.e., duodenum, where carbohydrates digesting enzymes are produced.


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