galactin
/^ә'læktin/
📖 中文释义
- n. [生化]泌乳激素
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen,
- found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is
- variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent.
- n. A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South
- American cow tree (Galactodendron).
- n. An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found
- in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition
- several sugars, including galactose.