Definition of Phytin

1. a calcium-magnesium salt [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phytin

1. The calcium magnesium salt of phytic acid; a dietary supplement used to provide calcium, organic phosphorus, and myo-inositol. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phytin

phytanes
phytanic
phytanic acid
phytanic acid alpha-oxidase
phytanic acid storage disease
phytanoyl-CoA ligase
phytanoyl-coenzyme A hydroxylase
phytanyl
phytase
phytases
phytate
phytates
phytelephantoid
phytelephas
phytic acid
phytin (current term)
phytins
phytivorous
phyto-
phytoaccumulation
phytoagglutinin
phytoalexin
phytoalexins
phytobacteria
phytobacterial
phytobacterium
phytobenthos
phytobezoar
phytobezoars
phytobiological

Literary usage of Phytin

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

1. Biochemical Bulletin by Columbia University (1912)
"THE INFLUENCE OF phytin ON THE GROWTH OF LUPIN SEEDLINGS AR ROSE (Laboratory of Biological Chemistry of Columbia University, at the College of Physicians ..."

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