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What would happen if HCI were not secreted in the stomach?

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HCI converts inactive pepsinogen into active pepsin. It also provides acidic medium for the action of pepsin which plays an important role in digestion of proteins. Without HCI, gastric digestion of proteins does not take place. 

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