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Meaning of "amylase" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMYLASE

amylase  [ˈæmɪˌleɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMYLASE

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Amylase is a noun.
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WHAT DOES AMYLASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amylase

Amylase /ˈæmɪleɪz/ is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of starch into sugars. Amylase is present in the saliva of humans and some other mammals, where it begins the chemical process of digestion. Foods that contain large amounts of starch but little sugar, such as rice and potatoes, may acquire a slightly sweet taste as they are chewed because amylase degrades some of their starch into sugar. The pancreas and salivary gland make amylase to hydrolyse dietary starch into disaccharides and trisaccharides which are converted by other enzymes to glucose to supply the body with energy. Plants and some bacteria also produce amylase. As diastase, amylase was the first enzyme to be discovered and isolated. Specific amylase proteins are designated by different Greek letters. All amylases are glycoside hydrolases and act on α-1,4-glycosidic bonds.

Definition of amylase in the English dictionary

The definition of amylase in the dictionary is any of several enzymes that hydrolyse starch and glycogen to simple sugars, such as glucose. They are present in saliva.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMYLASE


ablaze
əˈbleɪz
aldolase
ˈældəʊˌleɪz
blaze
bleɪz
carboxylase
kɑːˈbɒksɪˌleɪz
cellulase
ˈsɛljʊˌleɪz
coagulase
kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪz
cocarboxylase
ˌkəʊkɑːˈbɒksɪˌleɪz
cyclase
ˈsaɪkleɪz
enolase
ˈiːnəˌleɪz
glaze
ɡleɪz
hydrolase
ˈhaɪdrəˌleɪz
hydroxylase
haɪˈdrɒksɪˌleɪz
inulase
ˈɪnjʊˌleɪz
lase
leɪz
laze
leɪz
malaise
mæˈleɪz
Marseillaise
ˌmɑːsəˈleɪz
methylase
ˈmeθɪˌleɪz
plagioclase
ˈpleɪdʒɪəʊˌkleɪz
underglaze
ˈʌndəˌɡleɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMYLASE

amygdaloidal
amygdule
amyl
amyl acetate
amyl alcohol
amyl nitrite
amylaceous
amylene
amylic
amylogen
amyloid
amyloidal
amyloidosis
amylolysis
amylolytic
amylopectin
amyloplast
amylopsin
amylose
amylum

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMYLASE

base
case
case-by-case
catalase
database
decarboxylase
disease
ease
euclase
in any case
in case
in no case
increase
oligoclase
on the increase
orthoclase
periclase
phase
phosphorylase
please

Synonyms and antonyms of amylase in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «amylase» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMYLASE

Find out the translation of amylase to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of amylase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amylase» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

淀粉酶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amilasa
570 millions of speakers

English

amylase
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एमिलेज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأميليز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

амилазы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amilase
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এ্যামিলেজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amylase
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amilase
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Amylase
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アミラーゼ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아밀라아제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amilase
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

amylase
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமைலேஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अॅमायलेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amilaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

amilasi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

amylaza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

амілази
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amilază
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμυλάση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amilase
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

amylas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amylase
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amylase

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMYLASE»

Discover the use of amylase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amylase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Basic Skills in Interpreting Laboratory Data
Often, however, it is impossible to determine the definite cause of a patient's attack. amylase Normal range: 60–180 units/L Amylase helps break starch into its individual glucose molecules. It is secreted by the pancreas and salivary glands to ...
Mary Lee, 2009
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TEXTBOOK OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND HUMAN BIOLOGY
A. Digestion of Starch by Pancreatic Amylase Most of the digestion of starch by the action of pancreatic amylase takes place inside the intestinal lumen. Pancreatic amylase, just as the salivary enzyme, is an a-amylase. The substrate for the ...
G. P. TALWAR, L .M. SRIVASTAVA, 2002
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Pleural Diseases
because a pleural fluid amylase level above the upper normal limits for serum indicates that the patient has one of three problems: pancreatic disease, malignant tumor, or esophageal rupture (40). However, it is not cost effective to obtain an ...
Richard W. Light, 2007
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Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals
Human beings and rats have substantial amounts of salivary amylase activity, but in most species there is very little. Amylase is also produced in the small intestines and liver, both of which may contribute to normal serum amylase activity ...
Jiro Jerry Kaneko, John W. Harvey, Michael L. Bruss, 2008
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Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Because of the slow development of several major digestive enzymes, such as pancreatic colipase-dependent lipase and amylase, the compensatory function in the newborn of similar enzymes in milk will be discussed. Many aspects of these  ...
‎2000
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Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
There are serum enzymes more sensitive than amylase which do correlate with disease severity, such as plasma immunoreactive cationic trypsin, pancreatic elastase I and phospholipase A2.5 However, these tests are not readily available  ...
Stefano Guandalini, 2004
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The Forensic Laboratory Handbook: Procedures and Practice
Of the forensic laboratories that still perform presumptive testing for saliva, the detection of amylase, an enzyme found at high levels in saliva, is currently the most widely utilized method. Amylase is found in a variety of bodily fluids—saliva,  ...
Ashraf Mozayani, Carla Noziglia, 2007
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Environment and Health
Effect of metal ions on alpha amylase activity in Cereus pterogonus at different temperature B.Nabi*and K.Srikumar Department of Biological Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicheny-605 014, India Abstract Amylases are known to ...
‎2004
9
District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries
6.9 Measurement of serum or plasma o/p/7o-amylase activity Analyte: The enzyme (i//)/i«-amylase is present in large amounts in pancreatic juice and saliva. Pancreatic amylase hydrolyzes starches not split by salivary amylase. Some of the ...
Monica Cheesbrough, 1999
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Diseases of the Pancreas: Acute Pancreatitis, Chronic ...
In conjunction with an appropriate setting and associated clinical findings, an increased plasma amylase activity of >3 times normal allows the diagnosis of ' acute pancreatitis' to be made with a high degree of reliability. A limitation in the use of ...
Markus W. Büchler, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMYLASE»

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Latest report on food enzymes market: global industry analysis and …
Enzymes such as amylase is used in making of high fructose corn syrup, rennet another type of food enzyme are used in cheese making, ... «WhaTech, Jul 15»
2
What impact do environmental factors have on allergies?
The physician had discovered that the increased content of the so-called amylase trypsin inhibitors in cereals containing gluten can worsen ... «HealthCanal.com, Jul 15»
3
Insights into the Composition of Protein Mixtures Using Multi …
A solution of a semi-purified mixture consisting of β-amylase from sweet potato was prepared in phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.4), with a ... «Azom.com, Jul 15»
4
The Medicines Company: Federal Circuit Rules Against The …
Opioids may cause increases in serum amylase. Use in Patients with Convulsive or Seizure Disorders: IONSYS may aggravate convulsions in ... «The Wall Street Transcript, Jul 15»
5
Ghrelin and Leptin May Be Early Biomarkers for Exocrine Pancreatic …
Their analysis found a statistically significant positive correlation between ghrelin levels and amylase activity, along with a statistically ... «MD Magazine, Jun 15»
6
Research and Markets: Future Horizons and Growth Strategies in …
Albumin, Alkaline Phosphatase, ALT/SGPT, Ammonia, Amylase, AST/SGOT, Bilirubin, Total, BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen), Calcium, Cardio CRP, ... «Business Wire, Jun 15»
7
Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 is a novel target to …
(b) Amylase levels in the effluent were significantly increased on day 22; however, there was no difference between the groups on days 22 and ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
8
The Paleo diet is absurd, science says
... changes to our digestive genes comes from a worldwide study of the amylase gene which is key to breaking down starch in carbohydrates. «Fortune, Jun 15»
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WSU Extension Q&A: Dry foods in oven only if it can maintain 140 …
Amylase–treated neutral detergent fiber (aNDF) and NDF digestibility (NDFD) give you an estimate of the energy and digestibility of the hay. «Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Jun 15»
10
Paleo Diet?
Other genetic evidence of recent changes to our digestive genes comes from a worldwide study of the amylase gene which is key to breaking ... «h+ Magazine, Jun 15»

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