Proteins are called the building blocks. theyre needed for growth and development and to repair the normal wear and tear of the body. the body needs to digest proteins to make them available to fulfill these functions. arrange the steps of the digestion of proteins in the correct order.

Proteins make enzymes required for digestion and they take much longer to be reduced into their components; amino acids. Sources of protein include fish, meat, legumes, dairy products, nuts and seeds.

The steps of digestion of proteins are;

(a) Mastication or Chewing

(b) Stomach Digestion

(c) Intestinal Digestion

(d) Intestinal Absorption

(e) Evacuation.

the relative standard reduction potential of the half-cell in which reduction occurs; more positive than the other half-cell. reduction is a chemical process in which electrons are added to an atom or an ion; it always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent.