Definition of Esterases

1. Noun. (plural of esterase) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Esterases

1. esterase [n] - See also: esterase

Medical Definition of Esterases

1. Registry number: EC 3.1. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Esterases

estd.
este
esteem
esteem'd
esteemable
esteeme
esteemed
esteemer
esteemers
esteemest
esteemeth
esteeming
esteems
ester
esterase
esterases (current term)
esterifiable
esterification
esterifications
esterified
esterified oestrogens
esterifies
esterify
esterifying
esters
estetrol
esthematology
estheses
esthesia
esthesias

Literary usage of Esterases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Chemistry of the Enzymes by Hans von Euler, Thomas Henry Pope (1912)
"GENERAL CHEMISTRY OF THE ENZYMES H. EXPERIMENTAL DATA ON THE COURSE OF ENZYME REACTIONS esterases AND LIPASES With esterases, that is, with enzymes which ..."

2. Household Bacteriology for Students in Domestic Sciences by Estelle Denis Buchanan, Robert Earle Buchanan (1913)
"The esterases or lipases split the esters or fats. ... esterases and Lipases. — Many microorganisms produce enzymes which are capable of decomposing esters ..."

3. Pamphlets on Wood Preservation (1922)
"esterases In the study of the esterases of these three fungi methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, ... When esterases act upon esters fatty acids are liberated, ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"(а) esterases, decomposing simple esters. 2. Enzymes capable of converting aldehydes into an equimolecular mixture of acid and alcohol. 3. ..."

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