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Albuminate
noun · 78% connection
A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Biliverdin
noun · 78% connection
A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Copperas
noun · 78% connection
Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Eupittone
noun · 78% connection
A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Fluorescin
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, amorphous substance which is produced by the reduction of fluorescein, and from which the latter may be formed by oxidati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Furile
noun · 78% connection
A yellow, crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Guanidine
noun · 78% connection
A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of cre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Haematoin
noun · 78% connection
A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Harmine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Helicin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of Linnaeus.)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Hematein
noun · 78% connection
A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Insulin
noun · 78% connection
hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Isatin
noun · 78% connection
An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Keratin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Linoxin
noun · 78% connection
A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Malonic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.
Mucic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, formed, oxidation, tyrosin.