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Medical Definition of Inulase

1. An enzyme produced by higherplants and some fungi which catalyses the conversion of inulin into fructose. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inulase

Literary usage of Inulase

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

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"To this enzyme he gave the name "inulase." It is evident from Green's description that the ... The inulase was associated with several other enzymes, ..."

2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"CARBOHYDRATE-SPLITTING ENZYMES: INVERTASE, AMYLASE, AND inulase. BY OT AVERY, MD, AND GLENN E. CULLEN, PH.D. (From the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute ..."

3. The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation by Joseph Reynolds Green (1901)
"inulase. BESIDES starch and glycogen carbohydrate reserve-matenal occurs in the vegetable kingdom in the shape of inulin. It usually exists in a condition ..."

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