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edestin Chem.|ɪˈdɛstɪn| [f. Gr. ἐδεστός eatable + -in1.] A globulin occurring in hempseed; also, any of several globulins in wheat, rye, etc.
1894Osborne & Voorhees in Rep. Connecticut Agric. Exper. Station 1893 216 This substance agrees in composition with the vitellin which exists in the seeds of wheat, maize... For this body we adopt the name Edestin. 1896Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXX. i. 400 The proteid which is soluble in saline solutions the author shows to be edestin, or vegetable vitellin. 1926J. S. Huxley Essays Pop. Sci. viii. 88 Many others [sc. proteins], such as edestin from hemp-seed. 1947New Biol. III. 121 Edestin (molecular weight 300,000) and other protein particles have also been photographed. |