Name the end products for digestion of proteins.

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All right. Hello everyone. So this question is asking us what are the final products of protein digestion that are absorbed into the bloodstream option? A says fatty acids, B says monosaccharide C says nucleotides and D says amino acids. So recall first and foremost, that protein digestion begins with enzymes like pepsin, for example, in the stomach. So a general principle that I would like you to keep in mind when it comes to these kinds of questions is that when it comes to the breakdown of macro molecules found in food, the principle is this right, the given polymer is broken down into the resulting monomer. In other words, the building blocks of that polymer, this is because the smaller monomers are easier to work with, so to speak. So proteins in general are the polymer in question. And so a protein is going to be broken down into its monomers into its building blocks. Those building blocks are amino acids. Now granted this does happen over the course of multiple different steps. So first for example, right, enzymes like Pepin break down a protein into polypeptides, those polypeptides are then digested further from enzymes in from the pancreas, for example, into smaller peptides. And then in the small intestine pepsis, which are enzymes in the small intestine, break those peptides down into amino acids. So lets summarize first, we have proteins, those proteins are broken down into polypeptides. Those polypeptides are broken down further into simpler peptides. And then those peptides are digested into their individual amino acids from there. Amino acids are absorbed through the small intestine where they can be transported throughout the body for various different functions. Well, specifically protein synthesis. So therefore, right, the final product of protein digestion, the final product that is absorbed into the bloodstream are amino acids. These are the monomers that are absorbed into the bloodstream. So there you have it. So our answer is going to be option d in the multiple choice amino acids. And so with that being said, thank you so very much for watching. And I hope you found this helpful.

Name the end products for digestion of proteins.

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