Maltose

Maltose

The sugars that are derived from malts. These sugars interact with the yeast during fermentation to create alcohol and CO2.

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maltose

Culinary arts; Cooking

Also called malt sugar, this disaccharide plays an important role in the fermentation of alcohol by converting starch to sugar. It also occurs when enzymes react with starches ...

maltose

Beverages; Beer

The sugars that are derived from malts. These sugars interact with the yeast during fermentation to create alcohol and CO2.

maltose

Language; Dictionaries

A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane ...

maltose

Science; General science

A sugar consisting of two linked glucose molecules that results from the action of the enzyme amylase on starch. Maltose occurs in high concentrations in germinating seeds; malt, ...

maltose binding protein

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Periplasmic proteins that bind maltose and maltodextrin. They take part in the maltose transport system of bacteria.

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