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Definition of Glucosidase

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glucosidase

1. An enzyme catalysing the release of glucose by hydrolysis of the glycosidic link in various B D glucosides, R B D glucose, where the group R may be alkyl, aryl, mono or oligosaccharide. Favoured source: almonds, from which enzyme is known as emulsin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glucosidase

Literary usage of Glucosidase

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

1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"For determining the activity of beta-glucosidase the ... The splitting up of salicin by beta-glucosidase takes the form of a mono- molecular reaction. ..."

2. Tissue Culture: Plants : A Bibliography, January 1991-April 1993. by Henry Gilbert (1994)
"Transfer of callus to a fresh medium did not immediately influence the activities of alpha-glucosidase and beta- galactosidase but increased significantly ..."

3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The activity of other enzymes which accompany /3-glucosidase in ... 0-glucosidase synthesizes alcohol-ß-glucoside from alcohol and /J-glucose. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"528 a-glucosidase renal, sex- and diabetes-dependent variations ic (Chinese hamster), 157, 319 /?-glucosidase renal, sex- and diabetes-dependent variations ..."

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