maltase in English
noun
1
an enzyme, present in saliva and pancreatic juice, that catalyzes the breakdown of maltose and similar sugars to form glucose.
Dietary coriander and onion prominently stimulated the activities of the disaccharidases sucrase, lactase and maltase of intestinal mucosa.
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1. In the mouth, salivary glands respond to the thought or presence of food by producing a fluid containing mucus and the enzymes amylase and maltase.
2. In carbohydratelang=en terms the difference between Amylose and maltose is that Amylose is (carbohydrate) the soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose while maltose is (carbohydrate) a disaccharide, c 12 h 22 o 11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase