ovomucoid

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noun

A protein, present in egg white, which, unlike ovalbumin, is heat-stable

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Meanings

nounovomucoid (plural ovomucoids)

plural ovomucoids

  1. biochemistryA protein, present in egg white, which, unlike ovalbumin, is heat-stable

    In parallel, egg extract and Gal d 1, ovomucoid, and cow’s milk extract and Bos d 8, casein, were applied.

    2015 August 2, Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Sabine Pfeifer, Merima Bublin, “Applications of Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Food Allergy”, in Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From ovo- + mucoid.

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