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Peptone vs Propeptone - What's the difference?

peptone | propeptone |

In biochemistry terms the difference between peptone and propeptone

is that peptone is any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein while propeptone is a product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.

peptone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.

    • Derived terms

    * amphopeptone * antipeptone * hemipeptone

    propeptone

    English

    Noun

  • (biochemistry) A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.
    • (Webster 1913)