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enzyme
enzyme (en-zym) n. a protein that, in small amounts, speeds up the rate of a biological reaction without itself being used up in the reaction (i.e. it acts as a catalyst). Enzymes are essential for the normal functioning and development of the body. Failure in the production or activity of a single enzyme may result in metabolic disorders; such disorders are often inherited and some have serious effects.
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enzymatic adj.
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Enzymes: Little fountains of life
Magazine article from: Better Nutrition; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...chances are you have enzyme deficiencies! Enzymes are small molecules necessary...and, therefore, your enzyme systems. Supplemental enzymes are probably required...Cichoke, Anthony J. Enzymes and Enzyme Therapy: How to Jump Start...
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Enzymes are you getting enough?
Magazine article from: Better Nutrition; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...break them apart. Are you enzyme deficient? Enzymes are essential for everything...strong and populous are our enzymes. That's why an enzyme deficiency can be so devastating...are such rich sources of enzymes that some enzyme supplements are actually...
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ENZYMES: THE KEY TO LIFE AND HEALTH.
Magazine article from: Health Products Business; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...11 books including The Complete Book of Enzyme Therapy, Enzymes and Enzyme Therapy: How to Jump Start Your Way to...stress-filled society, most of us eat enzyme-dead foods on the go. Enzymes are essential for all food digestion...
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Proteolytic Enzymes
Magazine article from: Dynamic Chiropractic; 7/4/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...metabolic enzymes in the body - the enzymes that regulate everything from...proteases, or proteolytic enzymes, which regulate protein function...When we eat foods that are enzyme dead (cooked or processed...to divert its production of enzymes away from proteolytic enzymes...
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Enzymes in Food Processing.
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 10/1/1991; 626 words
; ...the end of the day the use of enzymes is bound to increase in the food...part of the book looks at what enzymes can do, their properties and...They carry titles Fundamentals of enzyme activity; Enzymes in the food industry; Food enzymes...
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Enzymes clarify apple, grape juices. (from Gist-brocades Food Ingredients Inc.)
Magazine article from: Food Processing; 8/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...specialist has developed new enzyme complexes dedicated to...pectin in each species. Enzymes act on the pectins in...clear juice. Pectinase enzymes improve production yields...crystal clear juice. The enzymes feature complexes of...fruit substrates. Press enzyme is added to apple mash...
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Fibrolytic Enzymes to Increase the Nutritive Value of Dairy Feedstuffs1
Magazine article from: Journal of Dairy Science; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...production. For some enzyme mixtures, lesser amounts of enzymes led to greater increases...using fibrolytic enzymes to affect animal performance, including enzyme preparation, amount of enzyme, preincubation of feed with the enzymes, moisture content...
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Enzymes digestion, allergies and your health.
Magazine article from: New Life Journal; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...action of gastric and intestinal juices, enzymes, and bacteria so that it can be absorbed...reduces secretions of gastric juices and enzymes, and our food does not digest as it should...friendly bacteria (flora) in the gut. Any enzymes slated for the digestive process are further...
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Enzymes may provide benefits in corn/soybean meal layer diets.
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs; 8/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...improvement in performance for enzyme supplementation in corn...soybean meal diets. Many enzyme studies focus on broilers...are advantages of using enzymes in laying hens, such...experiments demonstrate that enzyme products improve performance...interesting that the enzymes behaved ...
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Enzymes Transition from Commodities to Specialties.
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 3/20/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...development of specialty enzymes, a high-growth sector in the industrial enzyme market. The boundaries for enzymes, with major applications...first specialty, multi-enzyme biacatalytic application of enzymes is for the production of...
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Enzyme
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Enzyme Resources Enzymes are biological catalysts...shape for binding by enzymes. Leonor Michaelis...approach for quantifying enzyme-catalyzed reactions...Although the details of enzyme active sites differ between different enzymes, there are common...
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Enzymes
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...interactions allow enzymes to accelerate reaction rates. Enzyme kinetics is the...first characterized enzymes genetically through the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis. Garrod...chemical groups of the enzyme and its substrate. Enzymes have high catalytic...
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enzymes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...and completeness. Enzymes are ubiquitous in...specific — each enzyme is responsible for...Range and sites of enzyme function Enzymes operate at every stage...environment. Each enzyme, or chain of enzymes acting in rapid sequence...
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Enzyme Therapy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Enzyme therapy Definition...plant and animal enzymes used to facilitate...harmful to the enzymes in food. Benefits...traditional medicine, enzyme supplements are...proponents of enzyme therapy believe...They point to enzymes' ability to purify...
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Restriction Enzymes
Book article from: Genetics
...consist of a single enzyme that performs both...activities. These enzymes recognize specific...techniques. Type II enzymes consist of single...modification. One enzyme recognizes and cuts DNA, the other enzyme recognizes and methylates...Type II restriction enzymes cleave the DNA ...
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