See Also: glucoinvertase(medicine)

barbiturate (oh) and glucoinvertase (medicine)


barbiturate (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: barbituric acid type of acid (19-21 centuries), from German barbiturs?ure, from Barbara female name + s?ure 'acid']
a powerful drug that makes people calm and helps them to sleep

glucoinvertase (medicine)


glucoinvertase -->
alpha-d-glucosidase


A glucohydrolase removing terminal nonreducing 1,4-linked alpha-glucose residues by hydrolysis, yielding alpha-glucose; a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme is associated with glycogen storage disease type II. There are at least five isozymes of maltase.

Synonym: glucoinvertase.