Meaning of amylohydrolytic | Babel Free

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Of or pertaining to the hydrolysis of starch.

Examples

“Young germinating plants are able to liquefy and assimilate starch. [...] Observations on germinating maize showed that the whole plant⟳, with the exception of the root, excreted an amylohydrolytic enzyme.”

“Brown and Escombe subjected the work⟳ of Brown and Morris to a re-investigation which resulted in a demonstration of both a cytohydrolytic and an amylohydrolytic capacity in the aleurone cells of barley. They were, however, unable to demonstrate⟳ an amylohydrolytic capacity for the amyliferous cells.”

“However, only comparative studies of proteolytic and amylohydrolytic digestive activities may reveal⟳ the ability of fish⟳ to use⟳ carbohydrates and the many sources of proteins.”

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