Pepsin converts proteins into...

Pepsin converts proteins into ___

A

rennin

B

proteoses and peptones

C

amino acids

D

lipase.

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B

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Which of the following enzyme digests proteins in stomach? (a) trypsin (b) pepsin (c) erepsin (d) none of these

A

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B

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D

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