English Explanatory Dictionary

phytase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A phosphatase, present in cereals, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid into inositol and phosphoric acid.

Word forms

phytase phytases

Etymology

From phytic + -ase.

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