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What does maltase mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of maltose to glucose; often associated with amylase.
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Meal Time, a plant enzyme supplement meant to maximize the nutrient value of food, contains amylase, protease, lipase, lactase, phytase, cellulase, sucrase and maltase.
Dietary coriander and onion prominently stimulated the activities of the disaccharidases sucrase, lactase and maltase of intestinal mucosa.
Interestingly, single dose administration of spices other than curcumin and onion did not increase intestinal maltase unlike their dietary intake.
The maltase secreted in the intestines, then convert this maltose into a more ready useable sugar glucose, or the glucose could also be stored in the liver for future use.
By adding the enzyme maltase from yeast to a forty per cent.
When hydrolyzed, either by dilute acids or by maltase, one molecule of maltose yields two molecules of glucose.

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