Meaning of amylohydrolytic | Babel Free

Definitions

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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