Digestive Enzymes

Digestive
Enzymes
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Enzyme
O An enzyme is a biological catalyst
O So what is a catalyst?
O A catalyst speeds up a chemical
reaction without being changed or
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There are 3 digestive
enzymes.
O Amylase
O Protease
O Lipase
O These 3 break down big food molecules
into small food molecules…read more

What they break into.
O Amylase break STARCH into SUAGRS
O Protease breaks PROTEINS into AMINO
ACIDS
O Lipase breaks LIPIDS into FATTY ACIDS and
GLYCEROL…read more

Where they are made
O Amylase ­ Salivary glands, Pancreas, Small
intestine
O Protease ­ Stomach, Pancreas, Small
intestine
O Lipase ­ Pancreas, Small intestine…read more