galactin
(gəˈlæktɪn)
[f. Gr. γαλακτ-, γάλα, milk + -in.]
a. (See quots. 1838–48.) b. ‘The coagulating principle of milk’ (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854). c. (See quot. 1864.) d. = lactin (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1885).
| 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 449 When the milk of the cow-tree is evaporated..and the dry residue digested in alcohol, a substance is dissolved, which..constitutes galactin. 1848 Craig, Galactin, a vegetable substance, obtained from the sap of the Galactodendron utile, or Cow⁓tree of South America, and used as a substitute for cream. 1864 Watts Dict. Chem., Galactin, a gelatin-yielding substance said by Morin to exist in milk. |