2018 · Q24
Which one of the following statements regarding digestion is correct?
general-sciencebiology-human-body
- AFat present in the food is digested by trypsin and chymotrypsin.
- BStarch of food is digested by lipases.
- CFat of food is digested by lipases.
- DNucleic acid is digested by amylases.
Explanation
Dietary fats are digested by lipases — chiefly pancreatic lipase in the small intestine — which split triglycerides into fatty acids and glycerol. Trypsin and chymotrypsin are proteases acting on proteins (A is wrong); starch is digested by amylases (B is wrong); nucleic acids are digested by nucleases, not amylases (D is wrong). Hence only C is correct.