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hemipeptone |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hemipeptone \Hem`i*pep"tone\, n. [Hemi- + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter. Note: Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice. See {Peptone}. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid.
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