How is pepsin formed ?... Peptic and mucous cells in the stomach secrete pepsinogen. This pepsinogen has no digestive capability. As soon as it comes in contact with hydrochloric acid in the stomach it forms pepsin or gastric protease.If pepsin were secreted directly it would digest the protein in the cells that produced it. Itâs active in a pH of 1.5 to 3.5.eptic and mucous cells in the stomach secrete pepsinogen. This pepsinogen has no digestive capability. As soon as it comes in contact with hydrochloric acid in the stomach it forms pepsin or gastric protease.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the Anglo-Saxon word wyrd means the principal, power, or agency by which events are predetermined; fate, destiny. The Anglo-Saxon understanding of fate is not all too different from our modern understanding and applies to both Christian and pagan beliefs.
Col. Brett Wyrick is commander of the 154th Medical Group, Hawaii Air National Guard, and is serving as a surgeon in Balad with the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group. This column is part of a series of email reports from Iraq that Wyrick has been sending to his father, a Vietnam-era fighter pilot, who in turn distributes them to a circle of friends and acquaintances.