Saliva (mouth step) | Gastric juice (stomach step) | Duodenal juice (small intestine step) | Bile juice (small intestine step) | |
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Inorganic and organic components | 1.7 mL NaCl | 6.5 mL HCl (37 g/L) | 6.3 mL KCl (89.6 g/L) | 69.3 mL NaHCO3 (84.7 g/L) |
Enzymes | 290 mg α-Amylase | 2.5 g Pepsin | 9 g Pancreatin | |
pH | 6.8 ± 0.2 | 1.50 ± 0.02 | 8.0 ± 0.2 | 7.0 ± 0.2 |