Answer:
Complete table of digestive enzymes is:
Food type Enzyme acting on the food type Simpler substances produced
Protein Protease Amino acids
Carbohydrates Amylase Glucose
Fats Lipase Fatty acids and glycerol
Explanation:
Digestive enzymes are a group of substances whose function is to degrade food into simple compounds that can be easily absorbed by the body.
The main digestive enzymes are produced in the exocrine pancreas, corresponding to amylase, protease and lipase.
- Amylase: is the enzyme responsible for breaking down carbohydrates into glucose, a simple molecule used as the body's main energy substrate.
- Proteases: act on food proteins to convert them into their monomers, amino acids.
- Lipases: are enzymes with an affinity for fats, degrading them by breaking their bonds to obtain fatty acids and glycerol.
The simple molecules are easily absorbed at intestinal level, to be transported by the blood and distributed throughout the organism.
