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zymase Chem.|ˈzaɪmeɪs| [ad. F. zymase (Bechamp), f. Gr. ζύµη leaven, after diastase.] Name given to a ferment obtained from the yeast-fungus; also extended to unorganized ferments or enzymes in general.
1875Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXVIII. 374. 1899 J. R. Green Soluble Ferm. viii. 108 Bechamp thought that the enzyme from fungi was not quite the same as that existing in the flowers... He gave to the first the name zymase... The name zymase was soon abandoned, as it began to be applied to enzymes in general. |