saccharinization
English
Etymology
From saccharinize + -ation.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˌsækɹɪnɪˈzeɪʃən/
Noun
saccharinization (uncountable)
- (rare) The act or process of saccharinizing; as, especially, the lysis of starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides), mainly as catalyzed by amylases.
- 1896 December 12, Maddox, D.S., “The value of diastase in buccal and intestinal dyspepsia”, in Medical Review, volume 34, number 24, St. Louis Medical Review Association, page 416:
- Intestinal indigestion may, in some cases, be the result of incomplete digestion of albuminoids, or of fats; but in the vast majority of instances it is due to a diminution of the pancreatic secretions, whose chief function is the saccharinization of the starchy elements of the food.
See also
- amylase
- diastase