pustulin, n. Biochem.
(ˈpʌstjʊlɪn)
[a. Ger. Pustulin (B. Drake 1943, in Biochem. Zeitschr. CCCXIII. 389), f. mod.L. pustulāta (see def. of *pustulan n.) + -in -in1, after lichenin n.]
= *pustulan n.
| 1943 Chem. Abstr. XXXVII. 5711 Lichenin is found in the lichen Cetraria; pustulin in Umbilicaria. 1954 Acta Chemica Scandinavica VIII. 985 Drake called the polysaccharide pustulin, but following the suggestion of Whistler and Smart, the name pustulan is adopted. |