An enzyme that breaks down starch; another name for amylase or similar starch-digesting enzymes.
From amylo- (starch) + -psase (a variant enzyme suffix, from psilin, to consume); a technical enzyme name.
Amylopsase is one of several names for starch-digesting enzymes that your pancreas and salivary glands produce—scientists named the same enzyme multiple ways as understanding evolved, creating some redundancy in biochemistry terminology.
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