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HOMOGENATE [2 records]

Record 1 2003-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Biotechnology
DEF

Biological tissue that has been finely divided (as by a grinder) and thoroughly mixed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Chimie
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Résultat du broyage d'une population cellulaire ou de tissus.

CONT

Les homogénats, traités par centrifugation, fournissent en quantité appréciable les divers constituants cytoplasmiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
  • Química
  • Biotecnología
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Record 2 2002-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
DEF

The product of homogenization.

OBS

Homogenization: A mechanical process for reducing the size of the fat particles of an emulsion (usually milk) to uniform size, thus creating a colloidal system that is unaffected by gravity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
DEF

Le produit de l'homogénéisation.

OBS

Homogénéisation : action de soumettre certains liquides [par exemple le lait] à un traitement qui empêche dans leur masse la décantation des éléments constitutifs.

OBS

L'homogénéisation [du lait] a pour but principal de diminuer le diamètre des gouttelettes de la phase dispersée, ce qui aura pour conséquence de ralentir la décantation des globules de gras.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química analítica
  • Reglamentación y normalización (Alimentación)
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