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antienzyme

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[an-tee-en-zahym, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈɛn zaɪm, ˌæn taɪ- /

noun

Biochemistry.
  1. a substance that inhibits or counteracts the action of an enzyme.


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Origin of antienzyme

First recorded in 1900–05; anti- + enzyme

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The difference between an antienzyme, which protects material which would otherwise be subject to the attack of an enzyme, and an inhibitor, which renders the enzyme itself inactive, is apparent.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

A, an antioxidase, or antienzyme, which prevents the action of E. R, an enzyme which changes reds to yellows.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

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