Plural of diastase: multiple enzymatic proteins that break down starches and have various commercial and biological applications.
From diastase + English plural '-s'. Biochemical term for multiple instances of the enzyme.
Different diastases work at different temperatures and pH levels, which is why bread rises differently than beer ferments—evolution fine-tuned multiple versions of the same starch-breaking tool!
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