carbohydrase

[kahr″bo-hi´drās]

any of a group of enzymes such as amylase that catalyze the hydrolysis of higher carbohydrates to lower forms.

carbohydrase

(kär′bō-hī′drās′, -drāz′)

Any of various enzymes, such as amylase, that catalyze the hydrolysis of a carbohydrate.

carbohydrase

An obsolete, nonspecific term for any enzyme that hydrolyses a carbohydrate.

carbohydrase

an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of carbohydrates.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

References in periodicals archive

Effect of diet containing phytate and phytase on the activity and messenger ribonucleic acid expression of carbohydrase and transporter in chickens.

Intestinal carbohydrase activity and sodium-glucose transporter expression in layers fed diets containing wheat and rice brans supplemented with phytase/Atividade da carboidrase intestinal e expressao do transportador sodio-glicose em poedeiras alimentadas com dietas contendo farelo de trigo e arroz suplementado com fitase

Multi- carbohydrase and phytase supplementation improves growth performance and liver insulin receptor sensitivity in broiler chickens fed diets containing full-fat rapeseed.

EFFECTS OF FULL-FAT CANOLA SEED WITH AN EXOGENOUS ENZYME SUPPLEMENTATION ON PERFORMANCE, CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS AND THYROID HORMONES OF BROILER CHICKENS

Growth performance, gastrointestinal microbial activity, and nutrient digestibility in early-weaned swine fed diets containing flaxseed and carbohydrase enzyme.

Efecto de xilanasas en dietas a base de sorgo con diferentes niveles de energia metabolizable y proteina cruda sobre variables productivas y de la canal de cerdos en iniciacion

Carbohydrases, protease and phytase have an additive beneficial effect in nutritionally marginal diets for broiler chicks.

Ileal digestibility of broilers fed diets supplemented with exogenous enzymes/ Digestibilidade ileal de frangos de corte alimentados com dietas suplementadas com enzimas exogenas

Other researchers have investigated using carbohydrase enzyme supplements to break down dietary fiber and release sugars that can then be absorbed in the small intestine.

Probiotics for pigs: less manure, better health

on changes in serum sugar level and small intestinal mucosal carbohydrase activities in alloxan diabetes.

Isolation and in silico characterization of plant defensin, Ctd1, from the tropical forage legume (Clitoria ternatea L.)

For two peptidases and a carbohydrase (leucine arylaini-dase, valine arylamidase, and [beta]-galactosidase) nonfeeding developers showed significantly lower activities than the planktotrophs and adelphophages, which did not differ from each other (Fig.

Comparative ontogenetic changes in enzyme activity during embryonic development of calyptraeid gastropods

Carbohydrase activity in the pancreas and small intestine of moose and cattle.

Fifty years of food and foraging in moose: lessons in ecology from a model herbivore

One possibility is Bioguavase, a pectinolytic enzyme system containing a variety of carbohydrase enzymes derived from Aspergillus niger.

Clarify guava juice to enhance its consumer acceptability

Developmentof imaginal competence to adipokinetic hormone in Locusta: lipid and carbohydrase levels, and glycogen phosphorylase activityin azadirachtin-induced over-aged nymphs.

Effects of azadirachtin on mortality rate and reproductive system of the grasshopper Heteracris littoralis Ramb. (Orthoptera: Acrididae)