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Definition of Disaccharidase
1. Noun. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides.
Definition of Disaccharidase
1. Noun. (enzyme) Any of a class of glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that break down disaccharides into monosaccharides. ¹
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Definition of Disaccharidase
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disaccharidase
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 ..."