Q. What is the autophagic intracellular digestion and why is this type of intracellular digestion intensified in an organism undergoing starvation?
Autophagic intracellular digestion is the cellular inner digestion of waste and residual materials. In general it is through lysosomes.
Autophagic intracellular digestion is intensified in situations of starvation because in such condition the cell tries to get from its own constituent materials the nutrients necessary to continue alive.