Question

What are three major component of food ? What are their final products after digestion

Answer 1

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The three major components of food are: Proteins, Carbohydrates and Fats.
Final products of digestion of various food components

• Starch becomes Maltose by the action of salivary amylase.
• Proteins, proteases and peptones (partially hydrolysed proteins) in the chyme reaching the intestine are acted upon by the proteolytic enzymes of pancreatic juice and becomes dipeptides.
• Carbohydrates are digested and converted into monosaccharides like glucose.
• Proteins broken down to aminoacids
• Fats are broken down to fatty acids and glycerol
• Nucleases in the pancreatic juice acts on nucleic acids to form nucleotides and nucleosides.

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