pepsin 的定义
Biochemistry.
- an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones.
- a commercial form of this substance, obtained from the stomachs of hogs, used as a digestive, as a ferment in the manufacture of cheese, etc.
更多pepsin例句
- It is secreted by the gastric glands, and is transformed into pepsin by the action of a free acid.
- Deficiency of rennin has the same significance as deficiency of pepsin, and is more easily recognized.
- Pepsin is rarely or never absent in the presence of free hydrochloric acid.
- Since the two enzyms are almost invariably present or absent together, the test for rennin serves also as a test for pepsin.
- It will be noted that they now make no claim for pepsin, nor do they state that it contains iron in organic form.