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di·a·stase

(dī′ə-stās′, -stāz′)

An amylase or a mixture of amylases that is found in milk and that converts starch to dextrin and maltose.

[French, from Greek diastasis, separation; see diastasis.]

di′a·sta′sic (-stā′sĭk, -zĭk) adj.

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diastase

(ˈdaɪəˌsteɪs; -ˌsteɪz)

(Biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse starch to maltose. They are present in germinated barley and in the pancreas. See also amylase

[C19: from French, from Greek diastasis a separation; see diastasis]

ˌdiaˈstasic adj

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di•a•stase

(ˈdaɪ əˌsteɪs, -ˌsteɪz)

an enzyme that breaks down starch into maltose and dextrose and is present in malt.

[< French diastase (1833) < Greek diástasis separation]

Translations

di·a·stase

n. diastasa, enzima que actúa en la digestión de almidones y azúcares.

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PAS-D (periodic acid-Schiff reaction after diastase digestion) histochemical staining was performed in the UNC histology laboratory.

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Physicochemical analysis: Phisycochemical parameters were determined by triplicate using AOAC (2001) methods, which included moisture, pH, free acidity, electrical conductivity (EC), water activity (aw), color, reducing sugars, hidroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and diastase activity.

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The mucin is diastase and hyaluronidase resistant sialidase labile, thus making it nonsulfated sialomucin and distinguishable from hyaluronidasesensitive sulphomucin from other sweat gland tumors, basal cell carcinoma, lacrimal gland tumors, and metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract.

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The basophilic mucin stained positive with Periodic Acid Schiff and Periodic Acid Schiff Diastase (Figure 1d).

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C4 % (0.787), glucose (0.753), moisture (0.731), F+G (0.712), fructose (0.685), acidity (0.605), brix (0.581), conductivity (0.580), I'13C honey (0.576), proline (0.571), pH (0.530), I'13Cprotein -honey (0.527), I'13C protein (0.516), Fructose-glucose ratio (0.507) and diastase number (0.490) were found to be the most important variables on quality of honey based on the mean values of grey relational coefficients of quality characteristics.

COMPARISON OF QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS IN HONEY USING GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS METHODS

Known as diastase, it broke starch down into sugars.

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Diastase activity (DN) represents one of the main parameters in determining the intensity of heating the honey during its processing and storage [12,13].

Pollen, Physicochemical, and Mineral Analysis of Croatian Acacia Honey Samples: Applicability for Identification of Botanical and Geographical Origin

PAS diastase reveals numerous Kupffer cells and portal macrophages.

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Sevelamer crystals displayed broad, curved, and irregularly spaced "fish scales" or "tree bark" appearance with a variably eosinophilic to rusty brown color on hematoxylin and eosin staining and violet color on periodic acid-Schiff-alcian special staining with diastase [8].

Colonic Mucosal Ulceration and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Associated with Sevelamer Crystal Deposition in a Patient with End Stage Renal Disease

Caption: Figure 2: Donor gallbladder, periodic acid-Schiff stain with diastase (PAS/d), 1000x.

Cystoisospora belli Gallbladder Infection in a Liver Transplant Donor

The newborn had microphthalmia, with small eyeballs, palpebral fissures, diastase of the first finger of both hands and feet (sandal sign), ambiguous genitalia, convoluted helix, deafness, small thickness of the corpus callosum (no agenesis was recorded), microgyria, microcephalia, and mild tricuspid dysplasia.