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Bile salts help in
Options:
A .  digestion of fat
B .  digestion and absorption of fat
C .  digestion of protein
D .  digestion of protein and fat
Answer: Option B
:
B
Bile salts are not digestive enzymes but contains inorganic salts. They neutralize the HCl, imparting alkanity to chyme and inactivating gastric pepsin. Here, the fat is emulsified, which facilitates easy action of lipases of pancreatic juice upon the fat. The bile salts also help in absorption of fatty acid, monoglycerides, cholesterol and other lipids from chyme.

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