"Pepsinogen" is a word in ENGLISH
The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance
contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric
glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.
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A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin-hydrochloric acid.
Read the complete definitionA nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most …
Read the complete definitionAn unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, …
Read the complete definitionPepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C.
Read the complete definitionAn unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power of digesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yielding pepsin, or a …
Read the complete definitionDesignating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed to be formed when pepsin …
Read the complete definitionA proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in …
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