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Updated: May 12, 2025
This is accomplished by the trypsin, which is similar to, but more active than, the pepsin. It digests fat. In this work the active agent is the steapsin. The necessity of a milk-curding enzyme, somewhat similar to the rennin of the gastric juice, is not understood. *Digestion of Fat.*—Several theories have been proposed at different times regarding the digestion and absorption of fat.
For bringing about these changes a substance identical in function with the steapsin of the pancreatic juice has been shown to exist in several of the tissues.
Among these, what is known as the "solution theory" seems to have the greatest amount of evidence in its favor. According to this theory, the fat, under the influence of the steapsin, absorbs water and splits into two substances, recognized as glycerine and fatty acid. The fatty acid is now supposed to be acted on in one, or both, of the following ways: 1.
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