chitosanolytic

C3H4I1T1O1S1A1N1O1L1Y4T1I1C3

adjective

That hydrolyzes chitosans

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Meanings

adjectivechitosanolytic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiochemistryThat hydrolyzes chitosans

    Chitinolytic activity staining analysis confirmed that the protein with a molecular mass of 20.5 kDa was a chitosanolytic enzyme exhibiting both chitosanase activity (Fig 2B) and chitinase activity (Fig 2C).

    2016 March 4, “Characterization of a Chitosanase from Jelly Fig ( Ficus awkeotsang Makino) Latex and Its Application in the Production of Water-Soluble Low Molecular Weight Chitosans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From chitosan + -o- + -lytic.

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chitosanolytic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chitosanolytic

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