hemipeptone
A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter, which is…A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter, which (unlike antipeptone) is convertible into leucin and tyrosin by the continued action of pancreatic juice. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by boiling dilute sulphuric acid.
Meaning
1 sensesA product of gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter, which (unlike antipeptone) is convertible into leucin and tyrosin by the continued action of pancreatic juice. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by boiling dilute sulphuric acid.
Origin
From hemi- + peptone.From hemi- + peptone.
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Forms
plural: hemipeptones| Singular | hemipeptone |
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See also
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