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Name the enzymes present in your digestive system along with their mode of action

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Here are the two enzymes secreted by our digestive tract and their respective functions:
Enzymes Function
Amylase Converts starch to soluble sugars
Pepsin Breaks protein into small peptides

Beside this Bile salts from liver digest fat globules into fat droplets.
Peptidases breaks peptides into amino acids.
Sucrase breaks sucrose into glucose and fructose.

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