What will happen if the secretion of parietal cells of gastric glands is blocked with an inhibitor?

Options

A. In the absence of HCl secretion, inactive pepsinogen is not converted into the active enzyme pepsin
B. Enterokinase will not be released from the duodenal mucosa and so trypsinogen is not converted to trypsin
C. Gastric juice will be deficient in chymosin
D. Gastric juice will be deficient in pepsinogen

Answer

A

Explanation

Parietal cells or oxyntic cells of gastric gland stimulate the secretion of HCl. In the presence of HCl inactive zymogen i.e. pepsinogen is converted into pepsin helps in digestion of proteins.