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LIPASE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lipase" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

Holonyms ("lipase" is a substance of...):

gastric acid; gastric juice (digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase)

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A lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activator with antihyperlipidemic activity.

(Ibrolipim, NCI Thesaurus)

Hepatic triacylglycerol lipase (499 aa, ~56 kDa) is encoded by the human LIPC gene.

(Hepatic Triacylglycerol Lipase, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, indole and lipase positive, lecithinase negative, hydrolyzes gelatin, ferments inositol and does not ferment glucose or maltose.

(Clostridium tetani, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is non-spore forming, indole, catalase, urease, lipase, esculin and oxidase negative, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, but does reduce nitrate, produce large amounts of butyrate, and converts threonine to propionic acid.

(Fusobacterium ulcerans, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is lecithinase positive, indole and lipase negative, hydrolyzes gelatin and does not ferment inositol, glucose or maltose.

(Clostridium limosum, NCI Thesaurus)

When glucose levels are low during long periods between meals the enzyme glucagon secreted by the pancreas stimulates adipose lipase activity to release fatty acids from triglycerides.

(Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Beclobrate reduces LDL-cholesterol and increased HDL-cholesterol and improves the clearance of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins by improving lipoprotein-lipase activity.

(Beclobrate, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is indole positive, but lipase, catalase, urease and nitrate negative, hydrolyzes esculin and gelatin, and is beta-lactamase positive thus resistant to penicillin G, vancomycin, ceftizoxime, cefotetan.

(Bacteroides nordii, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is variably motile by peritrichous flagella, endosporeforming, catalase and lipase negative and nearly all strains do not ferment maltose.

(Clostridium sordellii, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is leucine arylamidase positive, lipase and trypsin negative, nonsporulating, non-motile, produces acid from ribose, glucose, mannose, cellobiose and salicin but not from maltose, lactose, trehalose, esculin or amygdalin.

(Collinsella intestinalis, NCI Thesaurus)