noun
- plural of sucrase; enzymes that break down sucrose into glucose and fructose
Usage: biochemistry
Examples
- The small intestine produces sucrases to digest table sugar.
- Sucrases are essential for proper carbohydrate metabolism.
- People with sucrase deficiency cannot properly digest sucrose.
- These sucrases help convert complex sugars into simpler forms.
- The laboratory tested the activity levels of various sucrases.
- Sucrases are found in the brush border of intestinal cells.