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Definition of Casein

1. Noun. A milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives.

2. Noun. A water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk.

Definition of Casein

1. n. A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin.

Definition of Casein

1. Noun. (biochemistry) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom found in milk or in the seeds of leguminous plants. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Casein

1. a milk protein [n -S] : CASEIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Casein

1. Group of proteins isolated from milk. _s and _ caseins are amphipathic polypeptides of around 200 amino acids with substantial hydrophobic C terminal domains that associate to give micellar polymers in divalent cation rich medium. _ casein is a glycoprotein rather different from _ and _ casein. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Casein

casebook casebooks casebound cased casefied casefies caseful casefuls casefy casefying

caseharden casehardened casehardening casehardens caseic casein (current term) casein glue casein hydrolysate casein kinase casein paint

caseinase caseinate caseinates caseinogen caseins caseless caselike caseload caseloads casemaking clothes moth

Literary usage of Casein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1921)
"LL Van Slyke and JC Baker described in 19181 a method for preparing "pure casein" from skimmed milk, which consisted in "the gradual addition of acid and ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"casein i- employed in a largo number of industries, and its use is increasing every ... The greater quantity of imported casein comes from the Argentine. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"casein is used in paste and dry distempers ; in cardboard manufacture, ... Alimentary casein. Some of the best- j known food preparations of casein are ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"casein contains phosphate of calcium as a constituent part. Mulder (Arch. f. 1828, p. 105) found in casein G per cent, phosphate of calcium, ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Percentage variation of casein ranges from 1.88 for Holsteins to 3.65 for Jerseys ... Reduced to a ratio of pounds of fat to pounds of casein, we have among ..."

6. The Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumesby Ernest John Parry by Ernest John Parry (1908)
"casein : Its Origin, Preparation and Properties. Various Methods of Preparing casein. Composition and Properties oí casein. casein Paints. ..."

7. The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1918)
"involving the minimal combining capacity of proteins, such as casein, ... The Solubility and Minimal Combining Capacity of casein and of Serum Globulin in ..."

8. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"The term ' casein' has been used to denote on the one hand the more complex body present in the natural milk, and on the other hand the simpler body, ..."

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