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phytases

phytases is the plural of phytase.

Meaning of phytase

Noun

phytase (plural phytases)

  1. A phosphatase, present in cereals, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid into inositol and phosphoric acid.

Questions about phytases

What is phytases the plural of?
Phytases is the plural of phytase.

Words near phytases in the dictionary

  1. phytanthropes
  2. phytantriol
  3. phytanyl
  4. phytanyls
  5. phytase
  6. phytases
  7. phytaspase
  8. phytaspases
  9. phytate
  10. phytates
  11. phytelephantoid

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