Answer to Question #140903 in Biology for fatima

Question

Why are most digestive enzymes not found in the stomach?
What body parts does digestion of carbohydrates occur?​

Answer 1

The stomach produces hydrochloric acid that significantly lowers the pH of the stomach juice. High acidity denatures proteins and inactivates enzymes. As a result, most of digestive enzymes would be inactivated in the stomach.

Digestion of carbohydrates occurs in the small intestine, i.e., duodenum, where carbohydrates digesting enzymes are produced.