alpha-Amylases
"alpha-Amylases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzymes that catalyze the endohydrolysis of 1,4-alpha-glycosidic linkages in STARCH; GLYCOGEN; and related POLYSACCHARIDES and OLIGOSACCHARIDES containing 3 or more 1,4-alpha-linked D-glucose units.
| Descriptor ID |
D000516
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.066.050
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha-Amylases- alpha-Amylases
- alpha Amylases
- alpha-Amylase
- alpha Amylase
- alpha-1,4-D-Glucanglucanohydrolase
- alpha 1,4 D Glucanglucanohydrolase
Mégamylase- Mégamylase
- Leurquin Brand of alpha-Amylase
Alpha-Amylase Bayer- Alpha-Amylase Bayer
- Alpha Amylase Bayer
- AlphaAmylase Bayer
- Bayer Brand of alpha-Amylase
Maxilase- Maxilase
- Sanofi Synthelabo Brand of alpha-Amylase
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-Amylases" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Lim J, Ferruzzi MG, Hamaker BR. Structural requirements of flavonoids for the selective inhibition of a-amylase versus a-glucosidase. Food Chem. 2022 Feb 15; 370:130981.
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Lim J, Ferruzzi MG, Hamaker BR. Dietary starch is weight reducing when distally digested in the small intestine. Carbohydr Polym. 2021 Dec 01; 273:118599.
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Lim J, Zhang X, Ferruzzi MG, Hamaker BR. Starch digested product analysis by HPAEC reveals structural specificity of flavonoids in the inhibition of mammalian a-amylase and a-glucosidases. Food Chem. 2019 Aug 01; 288:413-421.
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Kachenpukdee N, Santerre CR, Ferruzzi MG, Oonsivilai R. Modified Dietary Fiber from Cassava Pulp and Assessment of Mercury Bioaccessibility and Intestinal Uptake Using an In Vitro Digestion/Caco-2 Model System. J Food Sci. 2016 Jul; 81(7):T1854-63.