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Definition of Lecithin
1. Noun. A yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier.
Definition of Lecithin
1. n. A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.
Definition of Lecithin
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) the principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier). ¹
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Definition of Lecithin
1. any of a group of fatty substances found in plant and animal tissues [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lecithin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lecithin
Literary usage of Lecithin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Emulsions of egg and brain lecithin are comparatively stable with respect to
temperature. ... lecithin emulsions have an acid reaction which is marked. ..."
2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1907)
"In spite of the fact that all serums or corpuscles do yield upon extraction nearly
uniform amounts of lecithin, certain kinds of serums possess no ..."
3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"The best-known phosphatide is the lecithin * which occurs in egg- yolk.2 On ...
Bailly 5 states, however, that egg lecithin is a mixture of two isomeric ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The non-epidemic season is bridged over by acute plague in the rat, accompanied
by a few cases among human beings. The Bacteriolytic Property of lecithin. ..."
5. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"With the doubtful exception of lecithin, it lacks all experimental or reliable
clinical foundation. Phosphorus in Nerve Tissue. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"lecithin.—The power which aqueous solutions of bile-salts possess of taking up
a large quantity of lecithin into fin if solution at ..."
7. Laboratory Manual of Organic Chemistry by Harry Linn Fisher (1920)
"27 ISOLATION AND STUDY OF A NATURAL PRODUCT lecithin from Egg-yolk Grind the yolk
of one hard-boiled egg with 50 cc. of ether. Filter and wash the solid ..."
8. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1880)
"Protagon which has been several times recrystallized yields no such body as
lecithin to ether, in which liquid it is at ordinary temperatures practically ..."
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