Name the secretion of the stomach which digest food.

The stomach produces and secretes several important substances to control the digestion of food. Each of these substances is produced by exocrine or endocrine cells found in the mucosa. The main exocrine product of the stomach is gastric juice — a mixture of mucus, hydrochloric acid, and digestive enzymes.

In the stomach, pepsin is the main digestive enzyme attacking proteins. Several other pancreatic enzymes go to work when protein molecules reach the small intestine. Lipase is produced in the pancreas and small intestine. 

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