CANE-SUGAR
\kˈe͡ɪnʃˈʊɡə], \kˈeɪnʃˈʊɡə], \k_ˈeɪ_n_ʃ_ˈʊ_ɡ_ə]\
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn. : saccharose. Ordinary commercial granulated sugar. A disaccharid, consisting of one molecule of glutcose and one molecule of fructose united by the elimination of one molecule of water. An important food. Prepared from sugar cane or sugar beet by pressing the cane and by boiling the juice thus obtained.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.