Crossword clues for albumin
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Albumin \Al*bu"min\, n. (Chem.) A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat.
Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see albumen.
Wiktionary
n. (context organic chemistry English) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.
WordNet
n. a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids [syn: albumen]
Wikipedia
The albumins (formed from Latin: albumen "(egg) white; dried egg white") are a family of globular proteins, the most common of which are the serum albumins. All the proteins of the albumin family are water- soluble, moderately soluble in concentrated salt solutions, and experience heat denaturation. Albumins are commonly found in blood plasma and differ from other blood proteins in that they are not glycosylated. Substances containing albumins, such as egg white, are called albuminoids.
A number of blood transport proteins are evolutionarily related, including serum albumin, alpha-fetoprotein, vitamin D-binding protein and afamin.
Usage examples of "albumin".
We do not find Hamlet and Faust, right and wrong, the valor of men, by testing for albumin or examining fibers in a microscope.
It uses albumin as a cement to build up bone structure and it is concerned with the formation of teeth, hence its value to children.
Catarrh of any membrane, when the discharge is rich in albumin, transparent, like white of egg before it is cooked.
I infer from this latter fact that the power of linseed oil to cause inflection cannot be attributed to the albumin which it is said to contain.
Inside lay the Hollow, filled with the languid albumin of nothingness.
Dissolved albumin, like that in milk, is curded, or coagulated, in the stomach.
By giving her some albumin and a diuretic, I achieved some diuresis, and hence a slight improvement in the edema.
A disturbed mineral salt balance may cause congestion of the tissues with uncombined albumin.
Suppose no mercury is found in the dialyzed fluid, owing to the fact that corrosive sublimate enters into insoluble compounds with albumin, fibrin, mucous membrane, gluten, tannic acid, etc.
An example of a colloid is found in the albumin of an egg, which is unable to penetrate the membrane which surrounds it.
Normal BUN, creatinine, calcium, phosphorus, iron, T-protein, albumin, globulin .
They had intravenous fluids, whole blood, crystalloid solutions: both saline and normal serum albumin, morphine sulphate, lidocaine, digitalis preparations.
Other constituents of Henbane are a glucosidal bitter principle called hyoscytricin, choline, mucilage, albumin, calcium oxalate and potassium nitrate.
Alongside my morning's 430 grams of complex carbohydrates and 600 grams of egg albumin protein, here's the dead caseworker's missing DSM.
Female but not male birds possess an oviduct of which one portion secretes albumin (the egg white protein), another portion makes the inner and outer shell membranes, and still another makes the eggshell itself.