a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
carbohydrase in American English
(ˌkɑːrbouˈhaidreis, -dreiz, -bə-)
noun
Biochemistry
any of numerous enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of disaccharides, polysaccharides, and glycosides
Word origin
[carbo- + hydrase]carbo- is a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which carbon is present.Other words that use the affix carbo- include: carbocholine, carbohydrate
Examples of 'carbohydrase' in a sentence
carbohydrase
The effects of grain and carbohydrase enzyme supplementation were investigated on digestive physiology of chickens.
Kalantar M, Khajali F, Yaghobfar A 2016, 'Effect of Cereal Type and Enzyme Addition on Performance, Pancreatic Enzyme Activity,Intestinal Microflora and Gut Morphology of Broilers', Poultry Science Journalhttp://psj.gau.ac.ir/article_2973_58629f2e795bd7f6d950518550b86fc9.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Presence of singular homologous polysaccharides in the growth medium induces respective carbohydrase at high levels.
RaviChand Jonnadula, Md Imran, Preethi B. Poduval, Sanjeev C. Ghadi 2018, 'Effect of polysaccharide admixtures on expression of multiple polysaccharide-degradingenzymes in Microbulbifer strain CMC-5', Biotechnology Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215017X17303132. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Any two polysaccharides in various combinations produced high level of homologouscarbohydrase and low level of other heterologous carbohydrase.
RaviChand Jonnadula, Md Imran, Preethi B. Poduval, Sanjeev C. Ghadi 2018, 'Effect of polysaccharide admixtures on expression of multiple polysaccharide-degradingenzymes in Microbulbifer strain CMC-5', Biotechnology Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215017X17303132. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the bioassays, the midguts were treated with the brain extract, and the carbohydrase and protease activities were measured.
Sajjadian Seyede Minoo, Hosseininaveh Vahid, Jahromi Khalil Talebi 2014, 'Some Brain Peptides Regulating the Secretion of Digestive Enzymes in the Indian MealMoth, Plodia Interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)', Journal of Plant Protection Researchhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jppr.2014.54.issue-3/jppr-2014-0042/jppr-2014-0042.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Treatments included two different types of grains (wheat, and barley) with or without a multi-carbohydrase supplement.
Kalantar M, Khajali F, Yaghobfar A 2016, 'Effect of Cereal Type and Enzyme Addition on Performance, Pancreatic Enzyme Activity,Intestinal Microflora and Gut Morphology of Broilers', Poultry Science Journalhttp://psj.gau.ac.ir/article_2973_58629f2e795bd7f6d950518550b86fc9.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)