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Definition of Chymosin
1. Noun. An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate.
Substance meronyms: Gastric Acid, Gastric Juice, Rennet
Generic synonyms: Enzyme, Coagulase
Definition of Chymosin
1. Noun. (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chymosin
1. rennin [n -S] - See also: rennin
Medical Definition of Chymosin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chymosin
Literary usage of Chymosin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Druggist (1889)
"in the course of which the author has occasion to refer to pepsin, and to show
how the latter may be freed from chymosin. This results in the production of ..."
2. A Manual of clinical diagnosis by means of microscopic and chemical methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"Testing for the presence of chymosin and its zymogen is of decided value in cases
in which alkaline material is vomited, and where we may be called upon to ..."
3. Chemical and microscopical diagnosis: By Francis Carter Wood by Francis Carter Wood (1905)
"chymosin.—Three to five drops of the gastric contents are added to 10 cc of milk,
... If coagulation takes place in fifteen minutes chymosin is present in ..."
4. General Chemistry of the Enzymes by Hans von Euler, Thomas Henry Pope (1912)
"On account of this supposed partial hydrolysis, and of the occurrence of pepsin
and chymosin together, the latter is classed with «the true proteolytic ..."
5. Biotechnology and Food: Leader and Participant Guide by Tom Zinnen, Jane Voichick (1994)
"Comparing Public Reaction to the Use off CHY-MAX chymosin and Posilac BGH/BST in the
... chymosin is the active enzyme in rennet, used in making cheese. ..."
6. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The destruction of pepsin and chymosin by alkalis does not occur proportionately.
... In the latter there are pepsin and typical chymosin, while in the hog ..."
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