Takadiastase
Encyclopedia
Takadiastase is a form of diastase
which results from the growth, development, and nutrition of a distinct microscopic fungus known as Aspergillus oryzae
(Koji). Takadiastase is named after Jokichi Takamine
, who developed the method first used for its extraction.
Diastase
A diastase is any one of a group of enzymes which catalyses the breakdown of starch into maltose. Alpha amylase degrades starch to a mixture of the disaccharide maltose, the trisaccharide maltotriose, which contains three α -linked glucose residues, and oligosaccharides known as dextrins that...
which results from the growth, development, and nutrition of a distinct microscopic fungus known as Aspergillus oryzae
Aspergillus oryzae
Aspergillus oryzae is a filamentous fungus . It is used in Chinese and Japanese cuisine to ferment soybeans. It is also used to saccharify rice, other grains, and potatoes in the making of alcoholic beverages such as huangjiu, sake, and shōchū...
(Koji). Takadiastase is named after Jokichi Takamine
Jokichi Takamine
was a Japanese chemist.-Early life and education:Takamine was born in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, in November 1854. His father was a doctor; his mother a member of a family of sake brewers. He spent his childhood in Kanazawa, capital of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture in central Honshū, and was...
, who developed the method first used for its extraction.
External links
- Jokichi Takamine Taka-Diastase, Adrenaline History of industrial property rights (Japan Patent OfficeJapan Patent OfficeThe Japan Patent Office is a Japanese governmental agency in charge of industrial property right affairs, under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry...
) - Development of Takadiastase