Diastase

[daiәsteis]

Definition

(n.) A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.

Typed by Hector

Definition

n. a peculiar ferment developed during the germination of all seeds which has the power of converting starch into dextrine and then into sugar.—adj. Diastat′ic—adv. Diastat′ically.

Editor: Rhoda