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Definition of Sericin
1. n. A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.
Definition of Sericin
1. Noun. A water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sericin
1. a kind of protein [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sericin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sericin
Literary usage of Sericin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"sericin * Fischer and Abderhalden (Berichte, 1906, p. 752) have succeeded in
isolating from the hydrochloric acid solution of silk fibroin a dipeptide in ..."
2. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical, and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1904)
"sericin may be obtained in a pure condition by first boiling a sample of raw silk
in water for several hours, after which the sericin is precipitated by ..."
3. Bleaching and Related Processes as Applied to Textile Fibers and Other Materials by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1921)
"until the sericin has been removed that the silk fiber exhibits its ... According to
the analysis given by Richardson, sericin has the following chemical ..."
4. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical, and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1904)
"On treatment with dilute sulphuric acid sericin yields a small quantity of ...
sericin is soluble in hot water, hot soap solutions, and dilute caustic ..."
5. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman, Andrew Jamieson Walker, Owen E. Mott (1907)
"On prolonged boiling with water, silk is converted into fibroin, which is not
decomposed by water even at 200°, and sericin, or silk-gum. ..."
6. Chemistry of Animal Bodies by Thomas Thomson (1843)
"OF sericin, OR THE COLOURING MATTER OF SILK. IT is universally known that raw
silk is a very fine thread spun by the silk-worm ..."
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