amylases in English

noun
1
an enzyme, found chiefly in saliva and pancreatic fluid, that converts starch and glycogen into simple sugars.
You need a supplement that provides all of the three main groups of enzymes - amylase , protease and lipase - to break down fats, carbohydrates and proteins.

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1. α and β amylases can hydrolyse Amylose 6

2. The α-Amylases occur in animals and include pancreatic and salivary Amylase; the β-Amylases occur in higher plants

3. Biocatalysts are mainly enzymes such, as proteases and amylases, utilized

4. Amylases are a group of enzymes that hydrolyze starch

5. [ am´ĭ-lās] an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into simpler compounds. The α-Amylases occur in animals and include pancreatic and salivary Amylase; the β-Amylases occur in higher plants

6. Aleurone releases large quantities of hydrolytic enzymes (AMYLASES, PROTEASES and NUCLEASES) for digestion of the ENDOSPERM

7. Some of the common Biocatalysts include microbes, lipases, proteases, cellulases and amylases.

8. Animals possess only α-Amylases, found in pancreatic juice (as pancreatic Amylase) and also (in humans and some other species) in saliva

9. Plants contain both α- and β-Amylases; the name diastase is given to the component of malt containing β-Amylase, important in the brewing industry

10. The distribution of proteases and amylases in the alimentary canal in these species has been determined together with their relative activity at different pH levels.

11. Dextrins can be produced from starch using enzymes like amylases, as during digestion in the human body and during malting and mashing, or by applying dry heat under acidic conditions (pyrolysis or roasting).

12. — Enzyme preparations: pectinases (for breakdown of pectin), proteinases (for breakdown of proteins) and amylases (for breakdown of starch) meeting the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food enzymes ( 15 );