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    Pepsin /ˈpɛpsɪn/ is an endopeptidase that breaks down proteins into smaller peptides and amino acids. It is one of the main digestive enzymes in the digestive...
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    Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system, the discovery and study of pepsin, the discovery of the organic nature of yeast, and the invention of the...
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    Pepsin A (EC 3.4.23.1, pepsin, lactated pepsin, pepsin fortior, fundus-pepsin, elixir lactate of pepsin, P I, lactated pepsin elixir, P II, pepsin R, pepsin...
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  • protein digestion. Gastric juice mainly contains hydrochloric acid and pepsin. In infants and toddlers, gastric juice also contains rennin to digest milk...
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    suggests that the stomach enzyme pepsin plays a crucial role in the complex mechanism behind LPR. Once present in the larynx pepsin is active at a low pH, but...
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  • Pepsin B (EC 3.4.23.2, parapepsin I, pig gelatinase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Degradation of gelatin, with manor...
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    Pepsinogen is then activated by the stomach acid into its active form, pepsin. Pepsin breaks down the protein in the food into smaller particles, such as...
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  • Pepsin is an unincorporated community in Newton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. A post office called Pepsin was established in 1892, and remained...
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    1961. The beverage's formula initially included sugar and vanilla but not pepsin, despite speculation on the origin of its name. Early on, Pepsi struggled...
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    19th century. It originally contained pepsin, but no longer does. Beeman originally claimed the gum contained pepsin powder that would improve digestion...
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