27. What is the substance
produced in the liver that acts
in the small intestine during
digestion? How does that
substance act in the digestive
process?

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Bile, an emulsifier , is made
by liver and later within
the gallbladder released in the
.

Bile is composed bile salts,
cholesterol bile pigments. Bile
are detergents, amphiphilic ,
i.e., molecules with polar water soluble
and a non-polar soluble portion.
This allows bile saltsto
fats inside water-soluble in a
process emulsification for them
be in contact intestinal lipases,
enzymes break fatsinto simpler
and glycerol.