hydrolyse

/ ˈhaɪdrəˌlaɪz /

verb

Emulsine has the property of being able to hydrolyse the glucoside amygdalin to glucose, benzaldehyde, and hydrocyanic acid.

They hydrolyse readily when boiled with solutions of caustic alkalies or mineral acids, yielding the constituent acid and alcohol.

Solanine will stand boiling with strongly alkaline solutions without decomposition; but dilute acids, on warming, hydrolyse.

Caustic alkalis hydrolyse it readily to the alkaline chloride and cyanate.

The name "lipobacter" has been proposed by De Kruyff for bacteria which hydrolyse fats.

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