Hemipeptone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hemipeptone \Hem`i*pep"tone\, n. [Hemi- + peptone.] (Physiol.
     Chem.)
     A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of
     albuminous matter.
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     Note: Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and
           tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice.
           See {Peptone}. It is also formed from hemialbumose and
           albumin by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid.
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