- saccharogen amylase
- SYN: β-amylase.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Amylase — is an enzyme that breaks starch down into sugar. Amylase is present in human saliva, where it begins the chemical process of digestion. Foods that contain much starch but little sugar, such as rice and potato, taste slightly sweet as they are… … Wikipedia
β-amylase — A glucanohydrolase yielding β maltose units from the nonreducing ends of 1,4 α glucans. An exoamylase. SYN: glycogenase, saccharogen amylase … Medical dictionary