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Pancreatic Extracts

Medical Definition:	Extracts prepared from pancreatic tissue that may contain the pancreatic enzymes or other specific uncharacterized factors or proteins with specific activities. PANCREATIN is a specific extract containing digestive enzymes and used to treat pancreatic insufficiency.
Guide Notes:	extracts of pancreas or pancreatic fractions containing uncharacterized factors; do not confuse with chemical substances "extracted" from the pancreas, as "peptides extracted from the mouse pancreas" ( = PEPTIDES /anal + PANCREAS /anal); PANCREATIN, a pan

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