excelsin Biochem.
(ɛkˈsɛlsɪn)
[f. L. excels-a (fem. of excelsus high), specific epithet of Bertholletia excelsa, Latin name of the Brazil nut + -in1.]
A crystalline globulin contained in the Brazil nut.
| 1896 Osborne & Campbell in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. XVIII. 621 The globulin of the Brazil-nut... This proteid, being evidently different from all other hitherto examined, deserves a distinct name, and we accordingly propose to designate it Excelsin. 1907 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. XIX. 53 The greater part of the protein substance of the Brazil-nut (Bertholletia excelsa) consists of the globulin excelsin. 1963 E. G. Young in Florkin & Stotz Comprehensive Biochem. VII. i. 6 Some well recognized globulins in plants are..excelsin of the Brazil nut..and amandin of almonds. |