Definition of Disaccharidase

1. Noun. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides.

Generic synonyms: Enzyme
Specialized synonyms: Invertase, Saccharase, Sucrase, Lactaid, Lactase

Definition of Disaccharidase

1. Noun. (enzyme) Any of a class of glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that break down disaccharides into monosaccharides. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disaccharidase

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disaccharidase

disableness
disabler
disablers
disables
disabling
disablingly
disablism
disablist
disabusal
disabusals
disabuse
disabused
disabused(p)
disabuses
disabusing
disaccharidase (current term)
disaccharidase deficiency
disaccharidases
disaccharide
disaccharides
disaccommodate
disaccommodated
disaccommodates
disaccommodating
disaccommodation
disaccord
disaccordant
disaccorded
disaccording
disaccords

Literary usage of Disaccharidase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Enzymes in Poultry and Swine Nutrition by R. R. Marquardt, Zhengkang Han (1997)
"disaccharidase activities in the mucosa of the small intestine ... In this experiment, changes of disaccharidase activities in the small intestine of chicks ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"One unit of disaccharidase activity is expressed as micromoles of substrate ... Table IV shows the intestinal disaccharidase activities in rats fed a high ..."

3. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"The diarrhea is usually noninflammatory and watery, with slightly increased fecal sodium excretion and reduced brush border disaccharidase and Na-K ATPase ..."

4. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"ADVANCES IN DIABETES INTERVENTION Advances in the therapy of diabetes include new oral medications such as thiazolidinedione; troglitazone, a disaccharidase ..."

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