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FERMENT [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

... protein molecules which are able to cause particular chemical reactions to take place and which are manufactured by living organisms for this purpose.

CONT

They are catalysts which means that they are able to cause chemical reactions to take place without being used up themselves. ... Some enzymes can cause sugars to turn into fats and others cause changes to take place in fats, proteins, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
DEF

Catalyseur biologique [...] sécrété par les cellules vivantes.

CONT

Les enzymes accélèrent notablement la vitesse des réactions chimiques; ils se retrouvent inaltérés à la fin de ces mêmes réactions et conservent intact [...] leur pouvoir catalytique. [...] les enzymes produits artificiellement sont identiques aux enzymes naturels et peuvent être utilisés dans des processus de fermentation (fabrication de la bière) [et] dans l'industrie alimentaire (attendrissement de la viande, fabrication des sirops) [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
DEF

Cada una de las macromoléculas de naturaleza proteica que catalizan de forma específica reacciones bioquímicas muy variadas.

OBS

Tradicionalmente, la Real Academia Española (RAE) admitía únicamente el género femenino para el sustantivo enzima; así fue hasta 1984, fecha en que pasó a considerarlo de género ambiguo, que puede funcionar por igual como masculino y como femenino. El uso, no obstante, parece haberse decantado claramente en español por el femenino, que hoy se emplea en el 90% de los casos [...]

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Record 2 2009-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brewing and Malting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brasserie et malterie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de cerveza y malta
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Record 3 2003-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
DEF

An agent that can initiate fermentation and other metabolic processes.

OBS

fermentation. The processing of food by means of yeasts, molds, or bacteria; the catalytic decomposition of complex compounds into simple ones, as in the souring of milk ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
CONT

[Les] ferments [sont des] agents de fermentation. Ce sont des microorganismes (levures, moisissures, bactéries), capables de provoquer des fermentations sous l'action de leurs enzymes spécifiques.

CONT

Pour l'ensemencement d'un disgesteur, on veillera à mettre un ferment qui ne contiendrait pas plus de deux pour mille d'acides volatils, car cela indiquerait très probablement un blocage des bactéries méthanogènes.

Key term(s)
  • culture
  • levain

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos lácteos
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