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Enzyme was first isolated by

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Kuhne
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Sumner
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Payer and Persoz
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Buchner
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Solution

The correct option is A Payer and Persoz
Diastase was the first enzyme discovered. It was extracted from malt solution in 1833 by Anselme Payen and Jean Francois Persoz, chemists at a French sugar factory. The name diastase comes from Greek word diastasis it means parting and separation.
So the correct answer 'Payer and Persoz'.

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