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(a) What is chemical digestion? (b) state how the follwing enzyme are activted in the alimentary canal: (i) Chymotrypsin, (ii) Carboxypeptidase, (iii) Pepsin, (iv) Rinnin, (v) Trypsin.

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(a) Chemical digestion is the hydrolytic breakdown of large molecules into simpler forms by the action of the enzymes with the addition of water. (b) Activation of enzyme : (i) Chymotrypsin by trypsin, (ii) carboxypeptidase by trypsin, (iii) pepsin by HCI, (iV) Rennin by HCI, (v) trypsin by enteropeptidase, (Enterokin ase).
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