ppt课件-digestionandabsorption-northseattlecollege.pptVIP

DIGESTION and ABSORPTION The intestinal wall produces peptidases which continue to split the remaining polypeptides into tripeptides, dipeptides, and some amino acids These smaller units are transported into the enterocytes ABSORPTION In the enterocyte, other peptidases immediately digest everything into single amino acids which are absorbed into the bloodstream Some amino acids share the same transport system, so if you take in a large amount of one particular amino acid, you may be inhibiting the absorption of others ABSORPTION Most protein absorption takes place in the duodenum and jejunum