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ˈpɛp toʊnpep·tone
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Princeton's WordNet
peptonenoun
any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids
Wiktionary
peptonenoun
Any water soluble product, a mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.
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peptone
Peptides (from Ancient Greek πεπτός (peptós) 'digested', from πέσσειν (péssein) 'to digest') are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. Long chains of amino acids are called proteins. Chains of fewer than twenty amino acids are called oligopeptides, and include dipeptides, tripeptides, and tetrapeptides. A polypeptide is a longer, continuous, unbranched peptide chain. Hence, peptides fall under the broad chemical classes of biological polymers and oligomers, alongside nucleic acids, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and others. A polypeptide that contains more than approximately 50 amino acids is known as a protein. Proteins consist of one or more polypeptides arranged in a biologically functional way, often bound to ligands such as coenzymes and cofactors, or to another protein or other macromolecule such as DNA or RNA, or to complex macromolecular assemblies.Amino acids that have been incorporated into peptides are termed residues. A water molecule is released during formation of each amide bond. All peptides except cyclic peptides have an N-terminal (amine group) and C-terminal (carboxyl group) residue at the end of the peptide (as shown for the tetrapeptide in the image).
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peptone
Peptone is a complex mixture of partially digested proteins and amino acids, obtained by the partial hydrolysis of animal or vegetable proteins. It is commonly used in microbial culture media for the growth of bacteria and fungi.
Webster Dictionary
Peptonenoun
the soluble and diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from albuminous matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids
Peptonenoun
collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose
Etymology: [Gr. pepto`s cooked.]
Entomology
Peptone
a soluble proteid compound produced by the digestion of albummenoid food substances.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Peptone in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Peptone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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