digestive enzymes
Stomach breakdown agents
Digestive enzymes are proteins that break down food into nutrients the body can absorb.
The stomach, pancreas, and small intestine produce various types—proteases for protein, lipases for fat, amylases for carbohydrates.
People with digestive conditions sometimes take enzyme supplements: She takes digestive enzymes with meals to help with her pancreatic insufficiency.
- trypsinPancreatic digestive protease
- amylaseStarch-digesting enzyme
- pepsinGastric protein-cleaving enzyme
- stomach acidDigestive fluid in belly
- lipaseFat-dissolving enzyme
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