| saccharic acid | Term used to denote the class of dicarboxy sugar acids. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| saccharide kinase | <enzyme> Found in helicobacter pylori; incubation with ATP and mono- or disaccharides only gave glucose-6-phosphate; other saccharides were not phosphorylated Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| saccharides | Saccharides are classified as mono-, di-, tri-, and polysaccharides according to the number of monosaccharide groups composing them. See: carbohydrates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacchariferous | Producing sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccharification | The process of saccharifying. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccharify | To convert starch or cellulose or other polysaccharides into sugar. Origin: sacchari-+ L. Facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccharimeter | An instrument for ascertain the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts. Alternative forms: saccharometer. The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer adapted by its scale to point out the proportion of saccharine matter in a solution of any specific gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is a complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light is transmitted through the saccharine solution, and the proportion of sugar indicated by the relative deviation of the plane of polarization. Origin: L. Saccharon sugar: cf. F. Saccharimetre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccharimetry | The act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccharin | <chemical> In dilute aqueous solution this compound is 300 to 500 times sweeter than sucrose, used as a sweetening agent. (17 Dec 1997) |
| saccharinate | <chemistry> A salt of saccharinic acid. A salt of saccharine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccharine | <chemistry> A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. Alternative forms: saccharin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccharinic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccharo- | Sacchar-sacchari- Combining forms denoting sugar (saccharide). Origin: G. Sakcharon, sugar (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccharogen amylase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of 1,4-alpha-glycosidic linkages in starch, glycogen, and related polysaccharides and oligosaccharides so as to remove successive beta-maltose units from the non-reducing ends of the chains. Chemical name: 1,4-alpha-D-Glucan maltohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.2.1.2 (12 Dec 1998) |
| saccharolytic | Capable of hydrolyzing or otherwise breaking down a sugar molecule. Origin: saccharo-+ G. Lysis, loosening (05 Mar 2000) |