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Douglas Labs Vegetarian Enzyme 60 tablets

Multi-Enzymes by Douglas Laboratories

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Digestive enzymes Vegetarian Enzyme tablets, provided by Douglas Laboratories, are dietary supplements of vegetablesource enzymes (suitable for vegetarians) which are specific for starches, proteins, fats, and cellulose, a dietary fiber. FUNCTIONSThe pancreas supplies the major digestive enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of starches (carbohydrates), proteins, and fats, so that the breakdown products can be absorbed in the upper small intestine. Some carbohydrate digestion takes place in the mouth by salivary amylase, but pancreatic amylase is the major carbohydrate-digesting enzyme. Amylases break down starches to maltose and maltotriose, which are further hydrolyzed into glucose by the disaccharidases of the mucosal cells, and then absorbed. Although cellulose is indigestible by pancreatic and intestinal enzymes, the microflora within the large intestine may degrade it and produce uncomfortable symptoms in the process. Although fat digestion starts in the mouth with the action of...