Diastase - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: diastaseDiastasic
Pertaining to or consisting of diastase as diastasic ferment...
Diastatic
Relating to diastase having the properties of diastase effecting the conversion of starch into sugar...
Cerealin
A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase obtained from bran and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin sugar and lactic acid...
Dextrin
A translucent gummy amorphous substance nearly tasteless and odorless used as a substitute for gum for sizing etc and obtained from starch by the action of heat acids or diastase It is of somewhat variable composition containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right called also British gum Alsace gum gommelin leiocome etc See Achrooumldextrin and Erythrodextrin...
Diastase
A soluble enzyme capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar...
enzyme
A protein produced by a living organism capable of catalyzing a chemical reaction Almost all processes in living organisms require some form of enzyme to cause the reactions to occur at a rate sufficient to support life There are a very wide variety of enzymes each specifically catalyzing a different chemical reaction the sum of which cause the bulk of the physiological changes observed as life processes Enzymes like most proteins are synthesized by the protein synthetic mechanism of the living cell at special sites on ribosomes using the genetic information in messenger RNA transcribed from the genetic instructions stored as nuleotide sequences in the DNA or in some viruses the RNA of the genome Some examples of enzymes are pepsin diastase rennet DNA polymerase invertase glucose oxidase protease and ribonuclease There are many other types of enzyme...
Maltin
The fermentative principle of malt malt diastase also a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt...
Maltose
A crystalline disaccharide C12H22O11 formed from starch by the action of diastase of malt and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice called also maltobiose and malt sugar Chemically it is 4 O alpha D glucopyranosyl D glucose It rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right than does dextrose and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power...
Myrosin
An enzyme resembling diastase found in mustard seeds...
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