Definition of Lichenin

1. n. A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.

Definition of Lichenin

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A glucan found in some lichens ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lichenin

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lichenin

1. A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, especially. From Iceland moss. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lichenin

lichen ruber verrucosus
lichen scrofulosorum
lichen simplex chronicus
lichen spinulosus
lichen striatus
lichen strophulosus
lichen syphiliticus
lichen tropicus
lichen urticatus
lichened
lichenic
lichenification
lichenifications
licheniform
lichenin (current term)
lichening
lichenins
lichenization
lichenized
lichenless
lichenlike
lichenographic
lichenographical
lichenographist
lichenographists
lichenography
lichenoid
lichenoid amyloidosis
lichenoid dermatosis

Literary usage of Lichenin

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

1. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"If a solution of lichenin be boiled for a long time, it is no longer precipitated by cooling, and is converted into a gummy substance. ..."

2. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"Inulin and lichenin occur in the roots of various composites ... and lichenin glucose. Celluloses.—As food-stuffs the celluloses are unimportant. ..."

3. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"Many lichens contain a starchy or amylaceous matter, analogous to gelatine, called lichenin or ... lichenin ..."

4. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"lichenin, C6H,,,0i, occurs in Iceland-moss. It is a transparent, brittle mass, soluble in hot water. It is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into ..."

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