Q. ‘Digestion’ word means

A) Burning of food
B) Oxidation of food
C) Hydrolysis of food
D) Breakdown of food
Explanation

Digestion is the process, in which non-diffusible food is converted into diffusible food with the helps of digestive enzymes. Digestion is mainly carried out by the process of hydrolysis using water molecules for the cleavage. So, digestive enzymes are hydrolases.

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