different between lactase vs sucrose

English

Etymology

lacto- +? -ase

Noun

lactase (countable and uncountable, plural lactases)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A ?-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers.

Synonyms

• (?-galactosidase enzyme): lactase-phlorizin hydrolase

Translations

Anagrams

• acetals, at scale

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?k?ta?.z?/
• Hyphenation: lac?ta?se
• Rhymes: -a?z?

Noun

lactase f (plural lactases)

1. lactase

Portuguese

Noun

lactase f (plural lactases)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) lactase (a ?-galactosidase enzyme)

Spanish

Verb

lactase

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of lactar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of lactar.

English

Etymology

From French sucre (“sugar”), derivation of Latin saccharum + -ose.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?suk?o?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?su?k???z/, /?sju?k???z/

Noun

sucrose (countable and uncountable, plural sucroses)

1. (biochemistry) A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
   • 1858, July 3, The Medical Times & Gazette, 20:

     There were four forms of sugar interesting to the physiologist---cane sugar, grape sugar, milk sugar, and liver sugar. They might be called, for the sake of distinction, sucrose, glucose, lactose, and hepatose. The first two were vegetable, the last two, animal products.

   • 2019, S. Nel, S. B. Davis, A. Endo, and L. M. T. Dicks, “Differentiation between Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Bacillus subtilis isolated from a South African sugarcane processing factory using ARDRA and rpoB gene sequencing” in Archives of Microbiology, 1:

     Dextran is an indicator of cane deterioration and sucrose loss after harvesting of the cane.

Synonyms

• saccharose

Translations

Anagrams

• Cousers, Croesus, Crouses, Crœsus, Scouser, courses, rescous, scourse, scouser, sources

Dutch

Etymology

From French sucre (“sugar”), derivation of Latin saccharum +? -ose.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su?cro?se

Noun

sucrose f or m (uncountable)

1. sucrose

Synonyms

• sacharose

Related terms

• bietsuiker
• rietsuiker