zymophosphate

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zymophosphate (plural zymophosphates)

  1. (organic chemistry) A catalyst that aids in the digestion of sugars.
    • 1916, United States. Office of Experiment Stations, United States. Agricultural Research Service, Experiment Station Record, volume 53, page 474:
      its inability to form zymophosphates
    • 1935, Fundamentals of Dairy Science, page 307:
      The first step in the decomposition of a hexose sugar, according to some workers, usually is the formation of a hexose phosphoric acid ester or zymophosphate, []