cerebrotcerebroten.
/ˈsɛrɪbrɒt//ˈsɛrɪbrəʊt/ Chemistry.
‘Brain-fat’: ‘a substance containing sulphur and phosphorus, which Couerbe obtained by treating the deposit which separates the alcoholic and ethereal extracts of the brain with ether. According to Frémy it is merely a mixture of cerebric acid with small quantities of cerebrate of potassium and brain-albumin’ (Watts). Cf. cephalot n.
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1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 643/2 The following constituents [of the brain] are enumerated..3. cholesterim; 4. cerebrote.
1845 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. I. 188 The brain-fat, denominated cerebrot by Couerbe.
1872 J. H. Bennett Text-bk. Physiol. III. 495 Other substances have been found in brain, termed cerebrin, cerebrol, and cerebrote; but it is probable they are one and the same substance.
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