ANTIENZYME Definition & Meaning

antienzyme

[ an-tee-en-zahym, an-tahy- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Biochemistry.

a substance that inhibits or counteracts the action of an enzyme.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of antienzyme¹

First recorded in 1900–05; anti- + enzyme

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A, an antioxidase, or antienzyme, which prevents the action of E. R, an enzyme which changes reds to yellows.

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The difference between an antienzyme, which protects material which would otherwise be subject to the attack of an enzyme, and an inhibitor, which renders the enzyme itself inactive, is apparent.

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