enzymes

• Proteases break down proteins in stains such as grass, blood and sweat.
• Fat and oil are contained in food.
• Lipases break down stains.
• Carbohydrases break down carbohydrate-based stains, such as starch.
• Carbohydrases:Amylase is an example of this type of enzyme
• Carbohydrases: break down carbohydrates

  into simple sugars
• Carbohydrases: made in the salivary gland and the pancreas
• Lipases: break down lipids into glycerol and fatty acids
• Lipases: made in the pancreas and small intestine
• Lipases: Bile (from the liver) gives more surface area for lipases to work
• Proteases: break down proteins into amino acids
• Proteases: made in the stomach, pancreas and small intestine
• Proteases: work in the stomach and small intestine
• The liver produces bile
• Digestive enzymes found in the small intestine are damaged by a strongly acidic pH.
• Digestive enzymes found in the small intestine are damaged by a strongly acidic pH.
• enzymes help to break down large food molecules into smaller molecules that are more easily absorbed.