Digestive enzymes are made in the pancreas, small intestine and stomach, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. The main enzymes produced by the pancreas are amylase, which breaks down complex ...

The mucosal layer in the small intestine degrades with age in rats, allowing digestive enzymes to slowly escape and leak into ...

A new UC Davis Health study has uncovered how Salmonella bacteria, a major cause of food poisoning, can invade the gut even ...

Calcium carbonate neutralizes excess acid according to the following equation: Once the stomach has digested food, the liquid-like chyme passes into the small intestines. Additional enzymes produced ...

The small intestine is an underexplored microbial organ ... Other components, such as digestive enzymes or bile acids, may be harmful and impair the growth of some bacteria.

Presented at UEG Week 2024, the study focuses on an enzyme called Sterol O-acyltransferase 2 (SOAT2), which plays a critical role in fat absorpsion in the small intestine. By inhibiting this ...

In their paper published in the October issue of Chemosphere, they report how a range of model plastic nanoparticles interact with digestive enzymes and form agglomerates. Their exploratory ...

or even replace the activity of critical endogenous enzymes lining the small intestine,” said Dr. Sulay Mourabit, CSO of AMYRA and co-lead author on the study. In the human gastrointestinal ...