What are digestive chemicals that speed up reactions called?
1 Answer
Aug 1, 2017
Enzymes.
Explanation:
The general term for chemicals that speed up reactions are called catalysts. Enzymes are a class of catalysts—biological catalysts. Catalysts lower the activation energy to allow a reaction to occur, especially at lower temperatures. Catalysts are consumed usually at the beginning of a reaction but are regenerated by the end of the reaction.