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Definition: Diastase
Diastase
\Di"a*stase\, n. [Gr. ? separation, fr. ?, ? to stand
apart; dia` through + ?, ?, to stand, set: cf. F. diastase.
Cf.
Diastasis.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A soluble enzyme, capable of converting starch and dextrin
into sugar.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is more particularly applied to that enzyme
formed during the germination of grain, as in the
malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to
designate the amylolytic enzyme contained in animal
fluids, as in the saliva.
[1913 Webster]
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