The naming of enzymes by adding the suffix "-ase" to the substrate on which the enzyme acts, has been traced to French scientist Émile Duclaux (1840–1904), who intended to honor the discoverers of diastase – the first enzyme to be isolated – by introducing this practice in his book Duclaux E (1899).
اطلع عليه بتاريخ 23 فبراير 2015.  الوسيط |تاريخ الوصول= تم تجاهله (مساعدة); الوسيط |السنة= تم تجاهله (مساعدة); الوسيط |المسار= تم تجاهله (مساعدة); الوسيط |العنوان= تم تجاهله (مساعدة); الوسيط |العمل= تم تجاهله (مساعدة) The naming of enzymes by adding the suffix "-ase" to the substrate on which the enzyme acts, has been traced to French scientist Emile Duclaux (1840–1904), who intended to honor the discoverers of دياستيز – the first enzyme to be isolated – by introducing this practice in his book Duclaux E (1899).