Noun
phytase (plural phytases)
(biochemistry) A phosphatase, present in cereals, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid into inositol and phosphoric acid.
In FSBM, fermentation had already released much of the phosphorus from phytate, so adding phytase did not improve digestibility very much.” Source: Internet
In growing pigs, the ATTD of calcium increased from 67.3 percent in the negative control to 83.5 percent at the optimal phytase level of 574 phytase units. Source: Internet