diastase
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of diastase
< French diastase (1833) < Greek diástasis; see diastasis, -ase
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In 1925 Seubert of Germany found plant-stimulating substances outside of plants�in saliva, pepsin, malt extract, diastase.
From Time Magazine Archive
The diastase of the malt has the same action on starch as the ptyalin in the saliva.
From The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Duncan, A. W.
These foods may require the addition of Taka diastase to make them more readily digested.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
Yeast is a plant or vegetable growth produced from grain which has commenced to bud or sprout, and which forms the substance called diastase.
From Public School Domestic Science by Hoodless, Adelaide
The diastase promotes starch digestion and makes a good addition to foods of the cereal order.
From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William
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