protopectin — See pectin. * * * pro·to·pec·tin pek tən n any of a group of water insoluble pectic substances occurring in plants and yielding pectin or pectinic acids on hydrolysis called also pectose * * * pro·to·pec·tin (pro″to pekґtin) any of the… … Medical dictionary
protopectin — prəʊtəʊ pektɪn n. substance found in the skins of citrus fruits and apples and can be hydrolyzed to form pectin (Biochemistry) … English contemporary dictionary
protopectin — pro·to·pectin … English syllables
protopectin — n. = PECTOSE … Useful english dictionary
pectose — See pectin, protopectin. * * * pec·tose pek .tōs, .tōz n PROTOPECTIN * * * pec·tose (pekґtōs) protopectin … Medical dictionary
Pectin — (from Greek πηκτικός pektikos , congealed, curdled [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2382916 Pektikos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek English Lexicon , at Perseus] ] ), a white … Wikipedia
Zellwand — Zellwand, der Plasmamembran außen anliegende, aus organischem Material bestehende Umhüllung des Protoplasten von Protocyten und pflanzlichen Eucyten (mit Ausnahme der Plasmodien der Myxomyceten, vieler Einzeller und der Gameten), die die unter… … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
pectinogen — pekˈtinəjə̇n, ˌjen noun ( s) Etymology: pectin + o + gen : protopectin * * * /pek tin euh jeuhn, jen /, n. Biochem. protopectin. [PECTIN + o + GEN] … Useful english dictionary
protopectinase — “+ noun ( s) Etymology: protopectin + ase : an enzyme that accelerates the change of protopectin into soluble pectin or pectinic acids with the resultant separation of plant cells from one another … Useful english dictionary
pectin — pectinaceous /pek teuh nay sheuhs/, pectinous, adj. /pek tin/, n. Biochem. a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, esp. in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals,… … Universalium