Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of enzymes that are present in saliva, pancreatic juice, and parts of plants and catalyze the hydrolysis of starch to sugar to produce carbohydrate derivatives.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ferment which will convert starch into dextrose: it occurs widely distributed in both the animal and the vegetable world. Same as
diastase or amylolytic ferment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any of a
class ofdigestive enzymes , present insaliva , that break downcomplex carbohydrates such asstarch intosimpler sugars such asglucose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar
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Examples
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Alpha-amylase is secreted into saliva by the parotid gland, the largest of the salivary glands.
NIH Finds Stress May Delay Women Getting Pregnant The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The sprouting barley seedlings can provide an enzyme called amylase that breaks down starch into maltose a sugar.
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Dr. Shaw has found that the enzyme amylase, which is present in human saliva, rises in sleep-deprived flies.
Stopping Sleepiness Andrea Petersen 2012
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Beans contain phytonutrients called amylase inhibitors, which block the action of the enzyme amylase needed to digest starches.
Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010
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Egg yolks contain a starch-digesting enzyme, amylase, that is remarkably resistant to heat.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Egg yolks contain a starch-digesting enzyme, amylase, that is remarkably resistant to heat.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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In those malts the enzyme (called amylase) has been deactivated by heat so you get the flavor but you don't get runny milk shakes!
10: Food science 1996
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There are several other USDA decisions on modified crops coming soon, Vilsack said, including on modified sugar beets and corn amylase, which is made to produce ethanol fuel.
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The volunteers were given at-home fertility test kits to track their monthly cycles, and on the sixth day they collected saliva samples that were tested for the stress hormone cortisol and for alpha-amylase, which is secreted when the nervous system produces catecholamines, which initiate another stress response.
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The volunteers were given at-home fertility test kits to track their monthly cycles, and on the sixth day they collected saliva samples that were tested for the stress hormone cortisol and for alpha-amylase, which is secreted when the nervous system produces catecholamines, which initiate another stress response.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Roni Caryn Rabin 2010
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