An enzyme which hydrolyses particular esters into acids and alcohols or phenols.
with modifier soybean esterase
Example sentencesExamples
- Cholesterol esterase plays a role in digestive lipid absorption in the upper intestinal tract, though its role in cholesterol absorption in particular is controversial.
- Carbosulfan is extremely toxic to mammals and its toxicity is mediated through inhibition of acetylcholine esterase, a respiratory enzyme.
- Growing carnation petals showed high activities of cellulase and pectin esterase.
- Cholesterol esterase was omitted from the assay to exclude intracellular cholesterol esters.
- Trichlorfon use is broadly based on its action as an inhibitor of acetylcholine esterase.