Digestive enzymes

• Carbohydrase; breaks carbohydrates into glucose
• Protease; breaks protein into amino acids
• Lipase; breaks lipids into fatty acids and glycerol
• Lipase

  • breaks down lipids
  • products are fatty acids and glycerol
  • made in pancreas and small intestine
• Protease

  • breaks down protein
  • products are amino acids
  • made in stomach (as pepsin), pancrease and small intestine
  • example: pepsin
• Carbohydrase

  • breakdown carbohydrates
  • products glucose
  • made in pancreas, small intestine, salivary glands
  • example: amylase (starch into maltose)
• Main types of digestive enzymes;

  • Protease
  • Lipase
  • Carbohydrase
• What other molecules can be classed as a carbohydrate;

  • Glucose
  • Starch (a polymer of glucose)
  • Glycogen
  • Fructose
  • Cellulose (made from glucose)