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Categories: Articles with short description, Food additives, Saliva, Enzymes of known structure, Chemical pathology

amylase A-amylase Amalase amylases amyloglucosidase

Any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar WordNet 3.0

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Any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An amylase is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of starch into sugars. Wikipedia

Class of enzymes Wikidata

Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose. Wiktionary

Enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch. Wiktionary (translation)

Egg yolk amylase. Wiktionary

IS A

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glucan 1,4-a-glucosidase

β-amylase

Amylase alpha 1C

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR

Anselme Payen

USE

zymosis

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A-amylase, Amalase, amylases, amyloglucosidase, amylolytic, E1100, Hyperamylasemia, pancreatic amylase