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Enzyme

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. 'iv"uµos, leavened, from Ev, in, and "i jn, leaven), a term, first suggested by Kiihne, for an unorganized ferment (see Fermentation), a group of substances, in the constitution of plants and animals, which decompose certain carbon compounds occurring in association with them. See also Plants: Physiology; Nutrition, &C.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Enzyme'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​e/enzyme.html. 1910.
 
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