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Why lysosome is called digestive bag ?

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Lysosomes are a kind of waste disposal system of a cell. They help to keep the cell clean by digesting any foreign material as well as worn-out cell organelles.Lysosomes contain powerful digestive enzymes capable of breaking down all organic material ,so they are called digestive bags of the cell.

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