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zymophosphate

zymophosphate noun: a catalyst that aids in the digestion of sugars.

Noun

zymophosphate (plural zymophosphates)

  1. A catalyst that aids in the digestion of sugars.
    • its inability to form zymophosphates1916, United States. Office of Experiment Stations, United States. Agricultural Research Service, Experiment Station Record, volume 53, page 474
    • 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

Forms of zymophosphate

pluralzymophosphates

Questions about zymophosphate

What does zymophosphate mean?
Zymophosphate means a catalyst that aids in the digestion of sugars.
What part of speech is zymophosphate?
Zymophosphate is a noun.
What is the plural of zymophosphate?
The plural of zymophosphate is zymophosphates.

Words near zymophosphate in the dictionary

  1. zymometers
  2. zymophagy
  3. zymophore
  4. zymophores
  5. zymophoric
  6. zymophosphate
  7. zymophosphates
  8. zymophyte
  9. zymophytes
  10. zymoplastic
  11. zymoprotein

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