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Encyclopedia > Takadiastase

Takadiastase is a form of diastase which results from the growth, development, and nutrition of a distinct microscopic fungus known as Aspergillus oryzae. Takadiastase is named after Jokichi Takamine, who developed the method first used for its extraction. Diastase (from the Greek word for separate) is a group of enzymes which catalyses the breakdown of starch into glucose. ... Jokichi Takamine (高峰 譲吉 Takamine Jōkichi, December 22, 1854 – July 22, 1922) was a Japanese chemist. ...


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Kōji (弘治) was a Japanese Era after Temmon and before Eiroku and spanned from 1555 to 1558. ...

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  • Development of Takadiastase (http://www.novozymes.com/cgi-bin/bvisapi.dll/discover/discover.jsp?cid=-9281&pid=9427&id=12982)


 

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