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- Proteolytic - a. - Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.
- Pepsin - n. - An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals.
- Peptonize - v. t. - To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.
- Papain - n. - A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America.
- Trypsin - n. - A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.
- Proteolysis - n. - The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolytic ferments.