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Definition of Glutelins
1. glutelin [n] - See also: glutelin
Medical Definition of Glutelins
1. A class of simple proteins occurring in the seeds of grain; soluble in dilute acids and bases, but not in neutral solutions (e.g., glutenin from wheat and orycenin in rice). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glutelins
Literary usage of Glutelins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The glutelins.—These proteins occur in abundance in the seeds of cereals. They are
insoluble in all neutral solvents, but are readily dissolved by very ..."
2. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"GLIADINS AND glutelins. The chief constituents of the seeds of cereals are starch
and protein. ... They are therefore known as gliadins and glutelins. ..."
3. Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics by Herbert Swift Carter, Paul Edward Howe, Howard Harris Mason (1921)
"glutelins are simple proteins insoluble in all neutral solvents but readily
soluble in very dilute acids and alkalies, eg, the vegetable protein, glutenin, ..."
4. The Vegetable Proteins by Thomas Burr Osborne (1909)
"(c) glutelins. This group includes those proteins which are not dissolved by
neutral aqueous solutions, by saline solutions, or by alcohol. ..."
5. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"(5) Precipitation by Dilution.—Dilute some of the filtrate with 10 -i s'volumes
of water. Why does the globulin precipitate? glutelins ..."
6. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"glutelins It has been repeatedly shown, particularly by Osborne, that after
extracting the seeds of cereals with water, neutral salt solution, ..."
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