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Discharging of the enteric juice

In addition to pancreatic juice, the intestine there is discharging of the enteric juice which contains digestive enzymes too. What are such enzymes and which kind of molecule does each of such enzymes break?

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The enteric juice is secreted by small intestine mucosa. The enzymes of enteric juice and their respective functions are explained as follows: Enterokinase: enzyme which activates trypsinogen into trypsin. Saccharase: enzyme which breaks sucrose (or saccharose) into fructose and glucose. Maltase: enzyme which breaks maltose into the two glucose molecules. Lactase: enzyme which breaks lactose into galactose and glucose. Peptidases: enzymes which break oligopeptides into amino acids. Nucleotidases: Enzymes which break nucleotides into its components (phosphates, nitrogen-containing bases and pentoses).

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