Serving to inhibit or counteract enzyme activity; having an antienzymatic quality.
From anti- + enzymic (variant form of enzymatic, from enzyme). This is an alternative form of antienzymatic used in biochemical contexts.
Antienzymic compounds in some plants may have evolved as natural defenses—if an insect eats the plant, the antienzymic substances interfere with the insect's digestive enzymes, making the plant harder to digest.
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