Definition of Collagens

1. Noun. (plural of collagen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collagens

1. collagen [n] - See also: collagen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collagens

collagen fibre
collagen fibrils
collagen injection
collagen telopeptidase
collagenase
collagenase A
collagenases
collagenation
collagenic
collagenization
collagenolytic
collagenosis
collagenous
collagenous pneumoconiosis
collagens (current term)
collages
collagey
collagic
collaging
collagist
collagists
collagraphy
collapsable
collapsar
collapsars
collapse
collapse delirium
collapse of dental arch
collapse therapy

Literary usage of Collagens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of Medical Chemistry for Medical and Pharmaceutical Students and by Elias Hudson Bartley (1889)
"THE collagens. 636. Collagen is the name given to the substance composing white, elastic tissue of the skin, tendons, etc. When boiled for some hours with ..."

2. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"These substances may be conveniently grouped together as collagens or jelly- ... A distinction between proteins in general and collagens which has been very ..."

3. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1913)
"These substances may be conveniently grouped together as collagens or jelly- ... A distinction between proteins in general and collagens which has been very ..."

4. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"composition as those obtained from the albumins. It is insoluble in dilute acids and caustic alkalis. The collagens are the principal ..."

5. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"collagens of cartilage and bone Source: Author. The important role of collagens for normal skeletal structure and function is illustrated by mutations ..."

6. The Analysis of Rubber by John Betley Tuttle (1922)
"The collagens have 17.9% of nitrogen, and even assuming that in glue we have reasonably pure collagens, we must take into consideration the water which is ..."

7. A Textbook of physiological chemistry by Olof Hammarsten (1906)
"... 6.76 17.68 (FAUST) Gelatines of different origin show a somewhat variable composition, which seems to indicate the occurrence of different collagens. ..."

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