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thiaminase II(medicine)
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swiftlet (medicine) and thiaminase II (medicine)


swiftlet (medicine)


swiftlet
<zoology> Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest.

Source: Websters Dictionary


thiaminase II (medicine)


thiaminase II -->
thiaminase


1. An enzyme present in raw fish that destroys thiamin and may produce thiamin deficiency in animals on a diet largely composed of raw fish.

2. A hydrolase cleaving thiamin into a pyrimidine moiety (i.e., 2-methyl-4-amino-5-hydroxymethylpyrimidine) and a thiazole moiety (i.e., 4-methyl-5-(2'-hydroxyethyl)-thiazole); the pyrimidine moiety may appear in the urine as pyramin.

Synonym: thiaminase II.