|
Food Group |
Organ Source of
Enzyme |
Enzyme Name |
Site of Digestion |
Product |
|
Starch |
Salivary Glands |
Salivary
Amylase |
Oral Cavity |
Oligo-saccharides |
|
Starch/Carbs |
Pancreas |
Pancreatic Amylase |
Sm.
Intestine |
Lactose/
Maltose/
Sucrose |
|
Lactose/
Maltose/
Sucrose |
Small Intestine Brush Border |
Brush Border
Enzyme |
Brush Border |
Glucose & other mono-saccharides |
|
Protein |
Stomach |
Pepsin |
Stomach |
Polypeptide |
|
Polypeptides |
Pancreas
®
Duodenum |
Endopeptidases
(Trypsin, Chymotrypsin) |
Sm.
Intestine |
Oligopeptides |
|
Oligopeptides |
Small Intestine Brush Border |
Carboxy- & Aminopeptidase
(exopeptidase) |
Brush Border |
Amino Acids |
|
Lipid
emulsification |
Gall bladder
®
Duodenum |
Bile
(not an enzyme) |
Small Intestine |
Emulsification droplets |
|
Lipid
digestion |
Pancreas |
Lipases |
Small
Intestine |
Monoglyceride
& Fatty Acids |
|
Nucleic Acids |
Pancreas
®
Duodenum |
Nuclease |
Small
Intestine |
Nucleotides |