Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Function: Amylase is an enzyme that is responsible for the breaking of the bonds in starches, polysaccharides, and complex carbohydrates to be turned into simple sugars that will be easier to absorb. Clinical Significance: Amylase also has medical history in the use of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT). One of the components is ...
Enzymes (/ ˈɛnzaɪmz /) are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as products.
Digestive enzyme. Diagram of the digestive enzymes in the small intestine and pancreas. Digestive enzymes take part in the chemical process of digestion, which follows the mechanical process of digestion. Food consists of macromolecules of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats that need to be broken down chemically by digestive enzymes in the mouth ...
increases both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, glycogenolysis, lipolysis increases metabolism, etc. 4. Triiodothyronine. T 3. Amino acid derivative. peripheral tissue of thyroid gland. Thyroid follicular cell / Tyrosine. thyroid hormone receptor. nearly every cell in the body.
Enzymes classified according to their Enzyme Commission number (EC). Note that strictly speaking, an EC number corresponds to the reaction the enzyme catalyzes, not the protein per se. However each EC number has been mapped to one or more specific proteins. List of enzymes. EC 1: Oxidoreductases. EC 2: Transferases. EC 3: Hydrolases. EC 4: Lyases.
digestive enzymes simple tubular 19 Littré's glands, Morgagni's glands spongy portion of the urethra: mucous racemose 20 Lumbar glands: abdomen, near the back 21 Mammary gland: breast: milk: compound tubulo-acinar 22 Meibomian gland: eyelids: sebaceous 23 Moll's glands: eyelids: sebum 24 Montgomery's glands: mammary areola: sebaceous 25 Naboth ...
Enzymes appear in the subcategory Category:Enzymes by function according to the EC number classification: EC 1 Oxidoreductases: catalyze oxidation /reduction reactions. EC 2 Transferases: transfer a functional group (e.g. a methyl or phosphate group) EC 3 Hydrolases: catalyze the hydrolysis of various bonds. EC 4 Lyases: cleave various bonds by ...
About 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. All 11 are necessary for life. The remaining elements are trace elements, of which more than a dozen are ...