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hydrolyze
  1. (chemistry) to undergo, or to subject something to hydrolysis
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Only with time does it hydrolyze inside the epithelial cells of your lung tissue, causing increasing and irreversible damage.”
      “Metal oxides are not the only substances that hydrolyze to produce hydroxide ions and basic solutions.”
      “Proleases are enzymes that have the capacity to hydrolyze peptide bonds and degrade other proteins.”
hydrolyse
  1. Alternative spelling of hydrolyze
  2. Examples:
    1. “Chlordecone is not expected to hydrolyse or biodegrade in aquatic environments, nor in soil.”
      “Emulsine has the property of being able to hydrolyse the glucoside amygdalin to glucose, benzaldehyde, and hydrocyanic acid.”
      “This enzyme is able to hydrolyse galactosides, such as galactinol.”
hydrolyses
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrolyse
hydrolyzes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrolyze
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A given exonuclease hydrolyzes DNA at a fixed rate, but there exist a distribution of conformations and a distribution of hydrolysis rates.”
      “It preferentially hydrolyzes peptide bonds involving tyrosine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan.”
      “This may occur in part as a result of pathologically elevated activity of arginase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes arginine to ornithine and urea.”
hydrolysed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of hydrolyse
  2. Examples:
    1. “Watch out for other words that are used to describe added sugar, such as sucrose, glucose, fructose, hydrolysed starch and invert sugar.”
      “Explain why non-reducing sugars give a negative result when they are heated with Benedict's reagent unless they are first hydrolysed.”
      “Amides are hydrolysed to ammonium salts with catalysis by acids or alkalis.”
hydrolyzed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of hydrolyze
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This compound is hydrolyzed to nitrate and carbonate and the net effect of this reaction is prevention of nitration and oxidative damage.”
      “Most preferably, the hygroscopically sensitive material is a hydrolyzed vegetable protein.”
      “When sucrose is hydrolyzed the mixture of glucose and fructose is called invert sugar.”
hydrolyzing
  1. present participle of hydrolyze
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “However, when a pressure of 400 MPa or more was applied, proteasomes were markedly inactivated with regard to all hydrolyzing activity.”
      “Glasbrenner says PLA offers a variety of end-of-life options, including composting, mechanical recycling and hydrolyzing.”
      “Silicate gels were synthesized by hydrolyzing tetra functional alkoxide precursor, employing a mineral acid, HC1, as a catalyst.”
hydrolysing
  1. present participle of hydrolyse
  2. Examples:
    1. “Gelatin is produced by hydrolysing collagen from by-products from slaughterhouses or, more specifically, the bones and skins of pigs and cattle.”
      “It is capable of hydrolysing urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide.”
      “Collagen is a very effective hydrolysing agent.”
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