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Egg Proteins, Dietary
Medical Definition: | Proteins found in eggs which are consumed as a food. |
Guide Notes: | specifically, "proteins in eggs consumed as food", otherwise EGG PROTEINS is available |
Also Called: | Egg White Proteins, Dietary,Yolk Proteins, Dietary |
Previously Indexed: | Egg Proteins (1966-1988) |
Ovomucin - A heterogeneous mixture of glycoproteins responsible for the gel structure of egg white. It has trypsin-inhibiting activity. | |
Phosvitin - An egg yolk phosphoglycoprotein which contains about 90% of the yolk protein phosphorus. It is synthesized in the liver of the hen and transferred to the developing oocyte, where it is bound to lipoproteins within the yolk granules. |
Egg Proteins, Dietary Medical Definitions and Terms
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