What is gastric acid?
Gastric acid is a type of acid that refers to the digestive fluid formed with the stomach lining. (1)
Gastric acid is also known as gastric juice or stomach acid. (1)
What is the pH of gastric acid?
a pH between 1 and 3 (1)
What does gastric acid do?
plays a key role in digestion of proteins by activating digestive enzymes which together break down the long chains of amino acids of proteins. (1)
What does gastric acid contain?
protons (1)
chloride (1)
hydrochloric acid (1)
Resources
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric_acid
