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glucanolytic

glucanolytic adjective: that breaks down a glucan.

Adjective

glucanolytic (not comparable)

  1. That breaks down a glucan.
    • It is evident that chitinolytic and glucanolytic enzymes play a major role in antifungal activity.2015 August 7, “Salecan Enhances the Activities of β-1,3-Glucanase and Decreases the Biomass of Soil-Borne Fungi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of glucanolytic

From glucan + -o- + -lytic.

Questions about glucanolytic

What does glucanolytic mean?
Glucanolytic means that breaks down a glucan.
What part of speech is glucanolytic?
Glucanolytic is an adjective.

Words near glucanolytic in the dictionary

  1. glucanase
  2. glucanases
  3. glucanogenesis
  4. glucanohydrolase
  5. glucanohydrolases
  6. glucanolytic
  7. glucanosyl
  8. glucanosyltransferase
  9. glucanosyltransferases
  10. glucanotransferase
  11. glucanotransferases

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