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Noun: saccharase
  1. An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
    "saccharase is used in the food industry to produce inverted sugar syrup";
    - invertase, sucrase

Derived forms: saccharases

Type of: disaccharidase

Encyclopedia: Saccharase