About The Word Peptone
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Peptone
Peptone Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Peptone?
[n] any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids
Synonyms | Synonyms for Peptone: Related Terms | Find terms related to Peptone: See Also | organic compound Peptone In Webster's Dictionary \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 albuminous matter by the action of
boiling water and boiling dilute acids.
(b) Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products
resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in
either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case,
however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as
antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true
peptones. Also termed albuminose.
Note: Pure peptones are of three kinds, amphopeptone,
antipeptone, and hemipeptone, and, unlike the albumose
bodies, are not precipitated by saturating their
solutions with ammonium sulphate.
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