Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms' activities. This chemical energy is stored in carbohydrate molecules, such as sugars, which are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water â hence the name photosynthesis, from the Greek Ïá¿¶Ï, phÅs, light, and ÏÏÎ½Î¸ÎµÏÎ¹Ï, synthesis, putting together. In most cases, oxygen is also released as a waste product. Most plants ...
Chief cells of the stomach secrete the digestive enzymes (pepsins) of the stomach and have the typical appearance of serous-secretory epithelial cells. Secretory vesicles (containing pepsinogen) are clearly visible in the apical cytoplasm of chief cells.
Digestive enzymes are diverse and are found in the saliva secreted by the salivary glands, in the stomach secreted by cells lining the stomach, in the pancreatic juice secreted by pancreatic exocrine cells, and in the intestinal (small and large) secretions, or as part of the lining of the gastrointestinal tract. It is produced by the stomach cells called chief cells in its inactive form pepsinogen, which is a zymogen. 2  Pepsinogen is then activated by the stomach acid into its active form, pepsin. 3  Pepsin breaks down the protein in the food into smaller particles, such as peptide fragments and amino acids.