Why breakdown of nucleic acids into Nucleotides is essential?

Dear Student, The end product of nucleic acid digestion is nucleotides which are a complex of nitrogenous bases, sugars and phosphate moeities. These nucleotides are absorbed by the body and assimilated by the cells to form their own nucleic acids. Since nucleic acids are an important component of cells, it is necessary to digest or breakdown nucleic acids present in food thus, extracting raw nucleic acids for further synthesis. Hope this information will clear your doubts about the topic. If you have any more doubts just ask here on the forum and our experts will try to help you out as soon as possible. Regards