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Digestive Enzymes

Digestive Enzymes are specialized proteins that catalyze the breakdown of food into smaller molecules that the body can absorb and use. They are produced by the salivary glands, stomach, pancreas, and the lining of the small intestine, and each class targets a particular type of nutrient: amylases break down carbohy…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 2 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 95× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2690-4829 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Digestive Enzymes are specialized proteins that catalyze the breakdown of food into smaller molecules that the body can absorb and use. They are produced by the salivary glands, stomach, pancreas, and the lining of the small intestine, and each class targets a particular type of nutrient: amylases break down carbohydrates and starches into simple sugars, proteases such as pepsin and trypsin split proteins into amino acids, and lipases break down fats into fatty acids and glycerol. By converting large, complex food components into absorbable units, digestive Enzymes are essential to nutrition, and insufficient enzyme activity can lead to incomplete digestion, malabsorption, and gastrointestinal discomfort. As a journal focused on Enzymes, this page situates digestive Enzymes within the broader study of enzyme function and activity. Related peer-reviewed work indexed here includes a study of Tridax procumbens and its inhibitory properties against alpha-amylase, an enzyme central to carbohydrate digestion, illustrating how natural compounds can modulate digestive enzyme activity, as well as a review of functional foods that touches on the dietary context in which these Enzymes operate. The page assembles encyclopedic reference information on digestive Enzymes consistent with the journal's enzymatic and biochemical focus.

Research published in this journal

2 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Functional Food

Butnariu MonicaCorresponding author
Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timis, Romania
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 95 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2615

How this research is being cited

The 2 articles above have been cited 95 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Digestive Enzymes, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Enzymes (ISSN 2690-4829).

Journal editorial board
Loredana Marcolongo · Italy Melike Caglayan · United States Daniela Vullo · Italy

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