Zymase
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Main article: Ethanol fermentation
Zymase (also known as alcoholase) is an obsolete term[1] for an enzyme complex that catalyzes the fermentation of sugar into ethanol and carbon dioxide.[2][better source needed][3] [obsolete source] [4][better source needed][5] It occurs naturally in yeasts.[6] Zymase activity varies among yeast strains.[7]
Zymase is also the brand name of the drug pancrelipase.[8]