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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)
Egg Proteins, Dietary Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Ovomucin - A heterogeneous mixture of glycoproteins responsible for the gel structure of egg white. It has trypsin-inhibiting activity.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition 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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