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hemipeptone
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hemipeptone, n. [Hemi- + peptone.].
A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter. [1913 Webster]
" 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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