Drug names ending in "ase" may be Thrombolytic agents such as alteplase, streptokinase, reteplase, and urokinase. These drugs are used to dissolve blood clots due to coronary artery thrombi, deep vien thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.
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The ending -ase in biology and biochemistry is indicative of an enzyme. Major enzymes include lipase, lactase, maltase and sucrase.
The ending ase indicates that the substance is a catalyst.
Enzymes are assigned names ending in -ase, for instance, zymase.Sugars are assigned names ending in -ose, for instance, glucose.One way of identifying words that end in a particular sequence of letters involves using Wolfram/Alpha (given in the link). For instance, to identify six-letter words ending in ose enter ___ose (note: three underscores).
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In 1833, French chemistAnselme Payendiscovered the first enzyme which brake down starch intosugar. he named this diastase which mean inLatin seeding a part ( dia-stasis)since then the -ase (from diastase) was used torefertoenzymaticactivity.
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Amylase Decease
The suffix -ase indicates an enzyme, e.g. proteinase, dehydrogenase, hydrogenase, polymerase.
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ase.Synthase, as exampleStill, not all enzymes have this ending. In the old days there were no naming rules. Pepsin, a digestive enzyme, is an example of non-naming by the modern rules.