Metabolism in the Human Body

The food from the mouth passes through the oesophagus into the stomach where substances like gastric juice (which contains rennin and pepsin) produced in the stomach act on it. They act on protein, converting it to polypeptides in the case of pepsin, while rennin coagulates milk protein. Hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice neutralizes the…

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