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Record 1 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
DEF

Any of a group of water-soluble proteins of wide occurrence in such natural products as milk (lactalbumin), blood serum, and eggs (ovalbumin).

DEF

A group of simple proteins composed of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur that are soluble in water. Albumin is usually derived from egg white and employed as an emulsifier in foods and cosmetics.

OBS

The term "albumin" is often used wrongly to denote all proteins.

OBS

Albumen: Egg white; dried egg white. By convention the pure protein is spelled "albumin" and commercial egg white is called "albumen".

OBS

"Albumen", although considered by some sources a synonym of "albumin", is a specific term compared to the latter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
DEF

Nom générique ancien des matières azotées, coagulables par la chaleur et fournissant, par hydrolyse, des acides aminés. Plus spécialement, de nos jours, les protéines solubles dans l'eau, thermocoagulables, non précipitables de leurs solutions aqueuses par le chlorure de sodium ou le sulfate de magnésium, non précipitables, enfin, à froid, par l'acide acétique.

OBS

Nom générique de substances qui comprennent du carbone, de l'azote, de l'oxygène et de l'hydrogène. Ces substance appartiennent au groupe des protéines et on les trouve dans le sérum sanguin (sérum-albumine), l'œuf (l'ovalbumine), le lait (lactalbumine), et le muscle (myoalbumine), ainsi que dans certains végétaux.

OBS

Le terme «albumine» est employé improprement pour désigner l'ensemble des protéines.

OBS

albumine : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
  • Elementos nutritivos (Ciencias biológicas)
DEF

Proteína que existe en casi todos los tejidos animales y en muchos vegetales, es soluble en agua y coagulable por el calor.

OBS

Compuesto químico perteneciente a los holoproteidos, dentro de los albuminoides.

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