| malt | The seed of barley or other grain, artificially germinated and dried, containing dextrin, maltose, small amounts of glucose, and amylolytic enzymes. Used in the form of an extract as a digestive and flavoring agent. Origin: A.S. Mealt (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malt liquor | A beverage brewed from malt, such as beer or ale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malt sugar | <biochemistry> Disaccharide intermediate of the breakdown of starch, glucose _(1-4) glucose. Fermentable substrate in brewing. (20 Mar 1998) |
| malt-worker's lung | <chest medicine> Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by inhalation of spores of Aspergillus clavatus and Aspergillus fumigatus from contaminated barley during the manufacture of beer. (22 Sept 2002) |
| malta | An independent state consisting of three islands in the mediterranean sea, south of sicily. Its capital is valetta. The major island is malta, the two smaller islands are comino and gozo. It was a phoenician and carthaginian colony, captured by the romans in 218 b.c. It was overrun by saracens in 870, taken by the normans in 1090, and subsequently held by the french and later the british who allotted them a dominion government in 1921. It became a crown colony in 1933, achieving independence in 1964. The name possibly comes from a pre-indoeuropean root mel, high, referring to its rocks, but a more picturesque origin derives the name from the greek melitta or melissa, honey, with reference to its early fame for its honey production. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Malta fever | <microbiology> A rare infection (less than 200 cases per year in the U.S.) caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. Human infection results from occupational exposure to infected animals or by ingestion of infected milk, milk products or animal tissue. Symptoms are non-specific and include fever, malaise and weight loss. (27 Sep 1997) |
| maltase | <enzyme> That hydrolyzes maltose (and the glucose trimer maltotriose) to glucose, during the enzymic breakdown of starch. (18 Nov 1997) |
| maltese | Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta. <zoology> Maltese cat, a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| maltine | <physiology> The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| maltobionate alpha-glucosidase | <enzyme> An intracellular enzyme capable of hydrolyzing maltobionic acid; from alkalophilic bacillus sp. N-1053 Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- Synonym: maltobionate alpha-d-glucohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| maltobiose | <biochemistry> Disaccharide intermediate of the breakdown of starch, glucose _(1-4) glucose. Fermentable substrate in brewing. (20 Mar 1998) |
| maltodextrin phosphorylase | <enzyme> From E coli Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: e350a (26 Jun 1999) |
| maltokinase | <enzyme> Catalyses ATP-dependent phosphorylation of maltose; isolated from actinoplanes Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: ATP-maltose 1-phosphotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| maltonic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif, designating an acid Synonym: gluconic or dextronic acid. See Gluconic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| maltooligosyl trehalose synthase | <enzyme> Converts various maltooligosaccharides to the correspondingmaltooligosyl trehalose by intramolecular transglycosylation Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: mtsase (26 Jun 1999) |