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Pepsin vs Pancreatin - What's the difference?

pepsin | pancreatin |

As nouns the difference between pepsin and pancreatin

is that pepsin is a digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids while pancreatin is a mixture of several digestive enzymes produced by the exocrine cells of the pancreas, composed of amylase, lipase and protease.

pepsin

English

(wikipedia pepsin)

Noun

  • (enzyme) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.

    • pancreatin

    English

    (wikipedia pancreatin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mixture of several digestive enzymes produced by the exocrine cells of the pancreas, composed of amylase, lipase and protease.