Meaning of legumine | Babel Free

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Archaic form of legumin.

alt-of, archaic, uncountable

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Examples

“It is the animo-vegetal principal which constitutes the mass of the cotelydon of the almond that induces the reaction; it has been called emulsine, and appears very similar in properties and constitution to the vegetable albumen or legumine, described as the active principle in the alcoholic fermentation (See⟳ p. 893).”

“Legumine, which plays an important part in the nutrition of animals, is obtained by digesting a quantity of pea or bean meal, or crushed peas or beans in tepid water for two or three hours; the pul is then pounded in a mortar, and afterwards mixed with its own⟳ weight of cold water; after one hour's maceration it is pressed through a cloth.”

“According to Rochleder, legumine and casein stand⟳ in close⟳ affinity to one another, and differ⟳ only in their respective reactions with acetic acid.”

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