Campbell Biology
Campbell Biology
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780135188743
Author: Urry
Publisher: PEARSON
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Digestion of food is defined as the breakdown of complex molecules into simple molecules or building blocks by the action of digestive enzymes as biocatalysts to give sugar as energy molecules.

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