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noun Diastase n. (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble enzyme, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. Note: The name is more particularly applied to that enzyme formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic enzyme contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva.
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