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Marvin N. Cervantes

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30 Types of Enzymes and their Function.

1. Mylase

Breaks down carbohydrates, starches, and sugars which are prevalent in

potatoes, fruits, vegetables, and many snack foods.

2. Lactase

Breaks down lactose (milk sugars).

3. Diastase

Digests vegetable starch.

4. Sucrase

Digests complex sugars and starches.

5.

Maltase

Digests disaccharides to monosaccharides (malt sugars).

6. Invertase

Breaks down sucrose (table sugar).

7. Glucoamylase

Breaks down starch to glucose.

8.

Alpha-Glactosidase

Facilitates digestion of beans, legumes, seeds,

roots, soy products, and underground stems.

9. Protease

Breaks down proteins found in meats, nuts, eggs, and cheese.

10.Pepsin

breaks down proteins into peptides.

11.Peptidase

breaks down small peptide proteins to amino acids.

12.

Trypsin Derived from animal pancreas, breaks down proteins.

13.Bromelain

Derived from pineapple, breaks down a broad spectrum of proteins, has anti-

inflammatory properties, effective over very wide pH range.

14.Papain

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Derived from raw papaya, broad range of substrates and pH, works well

breaking down small and large proteins.

15.Lipase

Breaks down fats found in most dairy products, nuts, oils, and meat.

16.

Cellulose Breaks down cellulose, plant fiber; not found in humans.

17.Betaine HCL

Increases the hydrochloric acid content of the upper digestive system;

activates the protein digesting enzyme pepsin in the stomach (does not

influence plant- or fungal-derived enzymes).

18.CereCalase

A unique cellulase complex from National Enzyme Company that maximizes

fiber and cereal digestion and absorption of essential minerals; an exclusive

blend of synergistic phytase, hemicellulase, and beta-glucanase.

19.

Endoprotease

Cleaves peptide bonds from the interior of peptide chains.

20.

Exoprotease

Cleaves off amino acids from the ends of peptide chains.

21.Extract of ox bile

An animal-derived enzyme, stimulates the intestine to move.

22.Fructooligosaccharides (FOS)

Helps support the growth of friendly intestinal microbes, also inhibits the

growth of harmful species.

23.

L-glutamic acid

Activates the protein digesting enzyme pepsin in the stomach.

24.Lysozyme

An animal-derived enzyme, and a component of every lung cell; lysozyme is

very important in the control of infections, attacks invading bacterial and

viruses.

25.Papayotin

From papaya.

26.Pancreatin

An animal-derived enzyme, breaks down protein and fats.27.Pancrelipase

An animal-derived enzyme, breaks down protein, fats, and carbohydrates.

28.Pectinase

Breaks down the pectin in fruit.

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