Amylase

What do we mean by amylase?

Any of a group of enzymes that are present in saliva, pancreatic juice, and parts of plants and catalyze the hydrolysis of starch to sugar to produce carbohydrate derivatives. noun

A ferment which will convert starch into dextrose: it occurs widely distributed in both the animal and the vegetable world. Same as diastase or amylolytic ferment. noun

Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose. noun

Any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar noun

Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.

Words that are spelled similarly to amylase:
amylase, amylose, acylase, amylate.

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