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Q. Medium in which pepsin is active?

Haryana PMTHaryana PMT 2007Digestion and Absorption

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Pepsin is a proteolytic enzyme, secreted by chief cells or peptic cells of gastric glands in the form of pepsinogen. It acts in highly acidic medium $(pH = 2)$.