Dictionary entry

Hemiprotein

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hem′i‐pro″te‐in (?), n. [Hemi- + protein.] (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schützenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.