Hemipeptone

Hemipeptone
Hemipeptone Hem`i*pep"tone, n. [Hemi- + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


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  • Amphopeptone — Am pho*pep tone, n. [Gr. ? + E. peptone.] (Physiol.) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Antipeptone — An ti*pep tone, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hemialbumin — Hemialbumose Hem i*al bu mose , n. [Hemi + albumose.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hemialbumose — Hem i*al bu mose , n. [Hemi + albumose.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also {hemialbumin}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Peptone — Pep tone, n. [Gr. ? cooked.] (Physiol. Chem.) (a) The soluble and diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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