DIASTASE

Etymology

Noun

diastase (plural diastases)

(enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the breakdown of starch into maltose; mostly amylase

Source: Wiktionary

Di"a*stase, n. Etym: [Gr. diastase. Cf. Diastasis.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Definition: A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.

Note: The name is more particularly applied to that ferment formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic ferment contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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