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Definition of Spongins
1. spongin [n] - See also: spongin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spongins
Literary usage of Spongins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"It is insoluble in acids but soluble in concentrated alkalies. Some of the spongins
contain iodine as an integral part of the molecule. ..."
2. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"It is insoluble in acids but soluble in concentrated alkalies. Some of the spongins
contain iodine as an integral part of the molecule. ..."
3. Lessons in Qualitative and Volumetric Chemical Analysis: For the Use of by Charles O. Curtman, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1894)
"spongins, insoluble in hot water, or changed by such solution. II. Vegetable Protein
Bodies. 1. Plant albumins, soluble in water, coagulated by heat ..."
4. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie by Albert von Kölliker (1889)
"Die Reduktion des Skelettes führt in völlig unabhängiger Weise entweder zu einem
Ersatz des spongins durch Sand, eine Tendenz, die schon bei vielen ..."