gliadin

/glahy-uh-din, -dn/US // ˈglaɪ ə dɪn, -dn //UK // (ˈɡlaɪədɪn) //

胶原蛋白,胶质蛋白,胰岛素,胶质素

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Biochemistry.
- : a prolamin derived from the gluten of grain, as wheat or rye, used chiefly as a nutrient in high-protein diets.
- : any prolamin.

It is composed of true vegetable fibrin and a small quantity of gliadin.
Gluten is composed of two bodies called gliadin and glutenin.
Examples of these proteins may be seen in the gliadin of wheat, zein of corn, and hordein of barley.
A dough cannot be made of pure germ, because it contains so little of the gliadin and glutenin.
Both gliadin and glutenin take important parts in bread making.