zymophosphate

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noun

A catalyst that aids in the digestion of sugars.

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Meanings

nounzymophosphate (plural zymophosphates)

plural zymophosphates

  1. chemistryA catalyst that aids in the digestion of sugars.

    its inability to form zymophosphates

    1916, United States. Office of Experiment Stations, United States. Agricultural Research Service, Experiment Station Record, volume 53, page 474
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    The first step in the decomposition of a hexose sugar, according to some workers, usually is the formation of a hexose phosphoric acid ester or zymophosphate, […]

    1935, Fundamentals of Dairy Science, page 307
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