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Question
Answer the following question.
Digestive action of pepsin comes to a stop when food reaches small intestine. Justify.
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Solution
Pepsin acts in acidic medium thus it is active in stomach. There is alkaline condition in the small intestine. pH of small intestine is very high for pepsin to work. Therefore, pepsin gets denatured in the small intestine.
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