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In the small intestine, ____________ from pancreatic secretions speeds up the hydrolysis of ____________ .

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In the small intestine, digestive enzymes from pancreatic secretions speed up the hydrolysis of food molecules;

Step-by-step explanation;
These digestive enzymes in the pancreatic juice include;
Pancreatic lipase catalyzes the hydrolysis of fats to monoglyceride and free fatty acids.
Amylase - is the enzyme that hydrolysis starch to maltose
Proteases (trypsin and chymotrypsin)- they digest proteins into peptides and peptides into smaller peptides, however, they can not digest peptides and proteins to single amino acids.


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