Meanings
nountungstomolybdic acid (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryA compound formed by the action of tungsten on molybdic acid, which is used to deproteinize tissue samples.
Benedict used a tungstomolybdic acid solution for precipitating the proteins, but the Folin-Wu filtrate can be used.
1962, Harold Varley, Practical Clinical Biochemistry, page 371 more example
[…] and that there is no increase in the amount of thionine present in the filtrate when the tungstomolybdic acid protein precipitant is used.
1933, Medical Journal of Australia (volume 1, part 2, page 678)
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