5 EASY FACTS ABOUT DIGESTIVE ENZYMES DESCRIBED

Once within the duodenum, an activation cascade starts with enterokinase produced by the duodenum to activate trypsinogen to trypsin, and trypsin activates the opposite pancreatic peptidases. The duodenum also contributes digestive enzymes, for instance disaccharidases and dipeptidase. The disaccharidases contain maltase, lactase, and sucrase. Malt