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Definition of Esterases
1. esterase [n] - See also: esterase
Medical Definition of Esterases
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Esterases
Literary usage of Esterases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Chemistry of the Enzymes by Hans von Euler, Thomas Henry Pope (1912)
"GENERAL CHEMISTRY OF THE ENZYMES H. EXPERIMENTAL DATA ON THE COURSE OF ENZYME
REACTIONS Esterases AND LIPASES With esterases, that is, with enzymes which ..."
2. Household Bacteriology for Students in Domestic Sciences by Estelle Denis Buchanan, Robert Earle Buchanan (1913)
"The esterases or lipases split the esters or fats. ... Esterases and Lipases.
— Many microorganisms produce enzymes which are capable of decomposing esters ..."
3. Pamphlets on Wood Preservation (1922)
"Esterases In the study of the esterases of these three fungi methyl acetate,
ethyl acetate, ... When esterases act upon esters fatty acids are liberated, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"(а) Esterases, decomposing simple esters. 2. Enzymes capable of converting
aldehydes into an equimolecular mixture of acid and alcohol. 3. ..."
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