diastatic

[ dahy-uh-stat-ik ]

adjective

1. Biochemistry.
   1. of or relating to diastase.
   2. having the properties of diastase:

      diastatic action.

2. Medicine/Medical, Physiology. of or relating to diastasis.

Other Words From

• nondi·a·stasic adjective
• nondi·a·static adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of diastatic¹

First recorded in 1880–85, diastatic is from the Greek word diastatikós separative. See dia-, static

Example Sentences

Measure in the flour, then add salt, yeast and diastatic malt to the bowl, pressing tare after each addition.

From Seattle Times

Key diastatic enzymes include α-amylases.

From Nature

Germinating barley grains possess high diastatic power: that is, the combined ability of a complex of enzymes to mobilize fermentable sugars from starch.

From Nature

Diastatic malt powder can be used in place of sugar in Detroit’s pizza dough to help give the dough a better rise; a heavy dose of malt syrup gives the Quad Cities dough a decidedly rich flavor, forming the base for a pizza that also features tomato sauce and finely ground sausage, both distinctively spiced to form layers of flavor.

From Washington Post

Bertinet uses honey, Joseph soft light-brown sugar, Roden sugar, Cook's Illustrated malt syrup, and Baron Baking diastatic malt powder, which I have to order online.

From The Guardian