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Diastase
Pronunciation : Di"a*stase
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. diastase. Cf. Diastasis.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition : Defn: A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.
Note: The name is more particularly applied to that ferment formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic ferment contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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