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Name the digestive juice secreted by the stomach and give its function?

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Stomach secretes gastric juice which consists of rennin, hydrochloric acid and pepsin.
Hydrochloric acid is responsible for providing an acidic environment and activates pepsin.
Pepsin is responsible for breaking down proteins into smaller peptides. ​
Rennin is responsible for digesting the milk protein, casein into curd and is only found in new borns.

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