zymasehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zymase_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezymase, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zymasenoun

Chemistry.
  1. 1875–
    Name given to a ferment obtained from the yeast-fungus; also extended to unorganized ferments or enzymes in general.
    1. 1875
      Journal of Chemical Society vol. 28 374.
    2. 1899
      Bechamp thought that the enzyme from fungi was not quite the same as that existing in the flowers... He gave to the first the name zymase... The name zymase was soon abandoned, as it began to be applied to enzymes in general.
      J. R. Green, Soluble Ferments viii. 108

zymase, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zymase, n. was last modified in December 2024.