Sucrase, carbohydrate digestion

The intestinal oligo- and disaccharidases are fixed components of the cell membrane of the brush border region of the wall of the small intestine. These enzymes digest dietary carbohydrate to monosaccharides which are absorbed through the intestinal wall. They include sucrase, maltase, isomaltase, lactase, trehalase, and hetero-p-glucosidase. In the late 1970s, it was realized that inhibition of all or some of these activities could regulate the absorption of carbohydrate, and that these inhibitors could... 

The pancreatic juice of fowls contains the same enzymes as the mammalian secretion, and the digestion of proteins, fats and carbohydrates in the small intestine is believed to be similar to that occurring in the pig. The intestinal mucosa produces mucin, a-amylase, maltase, sucrase and proteolytic enzymes. 

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