Takadiastase

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Takadiastase is a starch-digesting enzyme developed by biochemist Jokichi Takamine from a fungus grown on rice. It is similar to diastase, which is a mixture of amylases from malt, or more broadly, any enzyme. Takamine named his discovery Takadiastase and brought it to the United States in 1890 to explore its use in the distilling industry. The Parke-Davis Company later produced Takadiastase for medicinal purposes.12

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Jokichi Takamine
…to diastase; he named it Takadiastase. In 1890 he was called to the United States to devise a practical application of the enzyme for the distilling industry. At this time he took up permanent residence in the United States, establishing the laboratory at Clifton, N.J., where his pioneering research in…
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…to diastase; he named it Takadiastase. In 1890 he was called to the United States to devise a practical application of the enzyme for the distilling industry. At this time he took up permanent residence in the United States, establishing the laboratory at Clifton, N.J., where his pioneering research in…
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