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Definition of Saccharase
1. Noun. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose.
Definition of Saccharase
1. Noun. invertase ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saccharase
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Saccharase
1. Beta-h-Fructosidase;an enzyme hydrolyzing beta-d-fructofuranosides and releasing free d-fructose; if the substrate is sucrose, the product is d-glucose plus d-fructose (invert sugar); invert sugar is more easily digestible than sucrose. Synonym: invertase, invertin, saccharase. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saccharase
Literary usage of Saccharase
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)
"The author believes that after the parenteral administration of cane sugar,
saccharase may appear in the blood plasma, but he succeeded only in exceptional ..."
2. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"These investigators found that saccharase migrates to the anode. ... From what
was previously stated (page 20) the saccharase must therefore have a negative ..."
3. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"... therefore, be looked on as a distinct enzyme from saccharase. Its recognition
was rendered all the more difficult because it was at first to be obtained ..."
4. A Textbook of Human Physiology: Including a Section on Physiologic Apparatus. by Albert Philson Brubaker (1922)
"The enzyme to which this action is attributed has been termed invertase or saccharase.
Maltose undergoes a similar change. After its combination with water ..."
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