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Pepsin

Index Pepsin

Pepsin is an endopeptidase that breaks down proteins into smaller peptides (that is, a protease). [1]

136 relations: -ine, Acid, Antinutrient, Artificial digestion, Ascaris, Aspartic protease, ATC code A09, Atrophic gastritis, Beemans gum, Bird anatomy, Bond cleavage, Brian Morris (biologist), Caleb Bradham, Carl Schmidt (chemist), Cathepsin D, Chemotaxonomy, Chief cell, Chymosin, Coke Fatwa, Cream cheese, Cyclanthera pedata, Cyclol, Cysteine protease, Digestion, Digestive enzyme, Dog food, Dorothy Hodgkin, Earthworm, Endopeptidase, Enzyme, Equine anatomy, Equine gastric ulcer syndrome, Esophagus, Exhaled breath condensate, Exoenzyme, Extracellular, Foodomics, Foveolar cell, Fragment antigen-binding, Gastric acid, Gastric chief cell, Gastric glands, Gastric mucosa, Gastric mucosal barrier, Gastric pits, Gastricsin, Gastrin, Gastrointestinal physiology, Gastrointestinal tract, Gelatinase, ..., Gertrude Perlmann, Gluten immunochemistry, Gustavus Franklin Swift, Helicobacter pylori, Hepatitis B vaccine, History of biochemistry, History of Biology (video game), History of genetics, History of poliomyelitis, Human digestive system, Hydrochloric acid, Hydrogen potassium ATPase, Hydrogen–deuterium exchange, Insectivorous Plants (book), Intestinal gland, Intrinsic factor, James B. Sumner, Jeremy R. Knowles, John Desmond Bernal, John Howard Northrop, Joseph S. Fruton, Lactoferricin, Laryngopharyngeal reflux, List of biomolecules, List of company name etymologies, List of distinct cell types in the adult human body, List of EC numbers (EC 3), List of enzymes, List of German inventions and discoveries, List of MeSH codes (D08), LRP1, Mass spectrometry, Maurice Hilleman, Michaelis–Menten kinetics, Microcystin, Monticello, Illinois, Moses Kunitz, Motilin, Myxobolus cerebralis, Nasogastric intubation, Nepenthesin, Ostertagia ostertagi, Parietal cell, Paul Grützner, Pentagastrin, Pepsi (disambiguation), Pepsin A, Pepsin B, Pepsodent, Pepstatin, Plasmepsin, Protease, Protein (nutrient), Protein crystallization, Protein purification, Protein sequencing, Proteinogenic amino acid, Proteolysis, Proteose, Q-FISH, Redback spider, Regulation of gastric function, Renin inhibitor, Rennet, Retroviral aspartyl protease, Rudolf Heidenhain, Snake antivenom, Statine, Stomach, Sucralfate, Taenia solium, Technetium (99mTc) arcitumomab, Textbook of Biochemistry, The Pepsodent Show, Theodor Schwann, Timeline of biology and organic chemistry, Trichinosis, Uterine serpin, Vasoactive intestinal peptide, Vitamin B12, Wilhelm Olivier Leube, Xenoma, Yapsin 1, Zymogen, 1836 in science, 1934 in science. Expand index (86 more) »

-ine

-ine is a suffix used in chemistry to denote two kinds of substance.

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Acid

An acid is a molecule or ion capable of donating a hydron (proton or hydrogen ion H+), or, alternatively, capable of forming a covalent bond with an electron pair (a Lewis acid).

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Antinutrient

Antinutrients are natural or synthetic compounds that interfere with the absorption of nutrients.

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Artificial digestion

Artificial digestion is a laboratory technique that reduces digestible material for analytical purposes.

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Ascaris

Ascaris is a genus of parasitic nematode worms known as the "small intestinal roundworms", which is a type of helminth (parasitic worm).

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Aspartic protease

Aspartic proteases are a catalytic type of protease enzymes that use an activated water molecule bound to one or more aspartate residues for catalysis of their peptide substrates.

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ATC code A09

A09.

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Atrophic gastritis

Atrophic gastritis (also known as Type A or Type B Gastritis more specifically) is a process of chronic inflammation of the stomach mucous membrane (mucosa), leading to loss of gastric glandular cells and their eventual replacement by intestinal and fibrous tissues.

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Beemans gum

Beemans gum (originally Beeman's Gum, see image at right) is a chewing gum invented by Ohio physician Dr.

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Bird anatomy

Bird anatomy, or the physiological structure of birds' bodies, shows many unique adaptations, mostly aiding flight.

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Bond cleavage

Bond cleavage, or scission, is the splitting of chemical bonds.

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Brian Morris (biologist)

Brian James Morris (born 14 July 1950) is a professor emeritus of molecular medical sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia.

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Caleb Bradham

Caleb Davis Bradham (May 27, 1867 – February 19, 1934) was an American pharmacist, best known as the inventor of Pepsi.

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Carl Schmidt (chemist)

Carl Ernst Heinrich Schmidt (13 June 1822 – 27 February 1894), also known in Russia as Karl Genrikhovich Schmidt (Карл Ге́нрихович Шмидт) was a Baltic German chemist from the Governorate of Livonia, a part of the Russian Empire.

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Cathepsin D

Cathepsin D is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CTSD gene.

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Chemotaxonomy

Merriam-Webster defines chemotaxonomy as the method of biological classification based on similarities in the structure of certain compounds among the organisms being classified.

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Chief cell

In human anatomy, there are three types of chief cells, the gastric chief cell, the parathyroid chief cell, and the type 1 chief cells found in the carotid body.

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Chymosin

Chymosin or rennin is a protease found in rennet.

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Coke Fatwa

On September 11, 1951, an Egyptian newspaper, al-Ahram, published a fatwa on whether or not the consumption of the soft drinks Coca-Cola and Pepsi were allowed under Islamic law.

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Cream cheese

Cream cheese is a soft, mild-tasting fresh cheese made from milk and cream.

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Cyclanthera pedata

Cyclanthera pedata, locally known by its Quechua names kaywa see: achoqcha (pronounced kai-wa, hispanicized spellings caigua, caihua, caygua, cayua) or achuqcha (also spelled achocha, achogcha, achojcha, achokcha, archucha), is a herbaceous vine grown for its edible mature fruit, which is predominantly used as a vegetable.

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Cyclol

The cyclol hypothesis is the first structural model of a folded, globular protein.

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Cysteine protease

Cysteine proteases, also known as thiol proteases, are enzymes that degrade proteins.

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Digestion

Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules so that they can be absorbed into the watery blood plasma.

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Digestive enzyme

Digestive enzymes are a group of enzymes that break down polymeric macromolecules into their smaller building blocks, in order to facilitate their absorption by the body.

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Dog food

Dog food is food specifically formulated and intended for consumption by dogs and other related canines.

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Dorothy Hodgkin

Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994) was a British chemist who developed protein crystallography, for which she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964.

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Earthworm

An earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented worm found in the phylum Annelida.

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Endopeptidase

Endopeptidase or endoproteinase are proteolytic peptidases that break peptide bonds of nonterminal amino acids (i.e. within the molecule), in contrast to exopeptidases, which break peptide bonds from end-pieces of terminal amino acids.

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Enzyme

Enzymes are macromolecular biological catalysts.

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Equine anatomy

Equine anatomy refers to the gross and microscopic anatomy of horses and other equids, including donkeys, and zebras.

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Equine gastric ulcer syndrome

Equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) is a common cause of colic and decreased performance in horses.

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Esophagus

The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English), commonly known as the food pipe or gullet (gut), is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the stomach.

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Exhaled breath condensate

Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) is the exhalate from breath, that has been condensed, typically via cooling using a collection device (commonly to 4 °C or subzero temperatures using a refrigerating device).

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Exoenzyme

An exoenzyme, or extracellular enzyme, is an enzyme that is secreted by a cell and functions outside of that cell.

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Extracellular

In cell biology, molecular biology and related fields, the word extracellular (or sometimes extracellular space) means "outside the cell".

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Foodomics

Foodomics was defined in 2009 as "a discipline that studies the Food and Nutrition domains through the application and integration of advanced -omics technologies to improve consumer's well-being, health, and knowledge".

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Foveolar cell

Foveolar cells or surface mucous cells are mucus-producing cells which cover the inside of the stomach, protecting it from the corrosive nature of gastric acid.

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Fragment antigen-binding

The antigen-binding (Fab) fragment is a region on an antibody that binds to antigens.

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Gastric acid

Gastric acid, gastric juice or stomach acid, is a digestive fluid formed in the stomach and is composed of hydrochloric acid (HCl), potassium chloride (KCl) and sodium chloride (NaCl).

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Gastric chief cell

A gastric chief cell (or peptic cell, or gastric zymogenic cell) is a type of cell in the stomach that releases pepsinogen and gastric lipase and is the cell responsible for secretion of chymosin in ruminants.

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Gastric glands

The gastric glands are located in different regions of the stomach.

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Gastric mucosa

The gastric mucosa is the mucous membrane layer of the stomach which contains the glands and the gastric pits.

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Gastric mucosal barrier

The gastric mucosal barrier is the property of the stomach that allows it to safely contain the gastric acid required for digestion.

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Gastric pits

Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to the tubular shaped gastric glands.

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Gastricsin

Gastricsin also known as pepsinogen C is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PGC gene.

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Gastrin

Gastrin is a peptide hormone that stimulates secretion of gastric acid (HCl) by the parietal cells of the stomach and aids in gastric motility.

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Gastrointestinal physiology

Gastrointestinal physiology is the branch of human physiology that addresses the physical function of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.

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Gelatinase

In biology and chemistry, gelatinase is a proteolytic enzyme that allows a living organism to hydrolyse gelatin into its sub-compounds (polypeptides, peptides, and amino acids) that can cross the cell membrane and be used by the organism.

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Gertrude Perlmann

Gertrude Erika Perlmann (April 20, 1912 – September 9, 1974) was a Czechoslovakian-born U.S. biochemist and structural biologist.

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Gluten immunochemistry

The immunochemistry of ''Triticeae'' glutens is important in several inflammatory diseases.

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Gustavus Franklin Swift

Gustavus Franklin Swift, Sr. (June 24, 1839 – March 29, 1903) was an American business executive.

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Helicobacter pylori

Helicobacter pylori, previously known as Campylobacter pylori, is a gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium usually found in the stomach.

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Hepatitis B vaccine

Hepatitis B vaccine is a vaccine that prevents hepatitis B. The first dose is recommended within 24 hours of birth with either two or three more doses given after that.

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History of biochemistry

The history of biochemistry can be said to have started with the ancient Greeks who were interested in the composition and processes of life, although biochemistry as a specific scientific discipline has its beginning around the early 19th century.

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History of Biology (video game)

History of Biology is a browser based scavenger hunt style educational game created by Spongelab Interactive.

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History of genetics

The history of genetics dates from the classical era with contributions by Hippocrates, Aristotle and Epicurus.

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History of poliomyelitis

The history of poliomyelitis (polio) infections extends into prehistory.

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Human digestive system

The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder).

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Hydrochloric acid

Hydrochloric acid is a colorless inorganic chemical system with the formula.

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Hydrogen potassium ATPase

Gastric hydrogen potassium ATPase, also known as H+/K+ ATPase, is an enzyme which functions to acidify the stomach.

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Hydrogen–deuterium exchange

Hydrogen–deuterium exchange (also called H–D or H/D exchange) is a chemical reaction in which a covalently bonded hydrogen atom is replaced by a deuterium atom, or vice versa.

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Insectivorous Plants (book)

Insectivorous Plants is a book by British naturalist and evolutionary theory pioneer Charles Darwin, first published on 2 July 1875 in London.

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Intestinal gland

In histology, an intestinal gland (also crypt of Lieberkühn and intestinal crypt) is a gland found in the intestinal epithelium lining of the small intestine and large intestine (colon).

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Intrinsic factor

Intrinsic factor (IF), also known as gastric intrinsic factor (GIF), is a glycoprotein produced by the parietal cells of the stomach.

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James B. Sumner

James Batcheller Sumner (November 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955) was an American chemist.

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Jeremy R. Knowles

Jeremy Randall Knowles, CBE, FRS (28 April 1935 – 3 April 2008) was a professor of chemistry at Harvard University, was Dean of the Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1991 to 2002.

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John Desmond Bernal

John Desmond Bernal (10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology.

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John Howard Northrop

John Howard Northrop (July 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987) was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Joseph S. Fruton

Joseph Stewart Fruton (May 14, 1912 – July 29, 2007), born Joseph Fruchtgarten, was a Jewish Polish-American biochemist and historian of science.

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Lactoferricin

Lactoferricin is an amphipathic, cationic peptide with anti-microbial and anti-cancer properties.

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Laryngopharyngeal reflux

Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), also known as extraesophageal reflux disease (EERD), silent reflux, and supra-esophageal reflux, is the retrograde flow of gastric contents into the larynx, oropharynx and/or the nasopharynx.

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List of biomolecules

This is a list of articles that describe particular biomolecules or types of biomolecules.

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List of company name etymologies

This is a list of company names with their name origins explained.

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List of distinct cell types in the adult human body

There are many different types of cell in the human body.

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List of EC numbers (EC 3)

This list contains a list of EC numbers for the third group, EC 3, hydrolases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

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List of enzymes

This page lists enzymes by their classification in the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's Enzyme Commission numbering system.

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List of German inventions and discoveries

The following (incomplete) list is composed of items, techniques and processes that were invented by or discovered by people from Germany or German-speaking Europe.

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List of MeSH codes (D08)

This is the fourth part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.

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LRP1

Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1), also known as alpha-2-macroglobulin receptor (A2MR), apolipoprotein E receptor (APOER) or cluster of differentiation 91 (CD91), is a protein forming a receptor found in the plasma membrane of cells involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis.

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Mass spectrometry

Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that ionizes chemical species and sorts the ions based on their mass-to-charge ratio.

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Maurice Hilleman

Maurice Ralph Hilleman (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was an American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity.

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Michaelis–Menten kinetics

Michaelis–Menten saturation curve for an enzyme reaction showing the relation between the substrate concentration and reaction rate. In biochemistry, Michaelis–Menten kinetics is one of the best-known models of enzyme kinetics.

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Microcystin

Microcystins — or cyanoginosins — are a class of toxins produced by certain freshwater cyanobacteria; primarily Microcystis aeruginosa but also other Microcystis, as well as members of the Planktothrix, Anabaena, Oscillatoria and Nostoc genera.

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Monticello, Illinois

Monticello is a city in Piatt County, Illinois, United States.

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Moses Kunitz

Moses Kunitz (1887-1978) was a Russian-American biochemist who spent most of his career at Rockefeller University.

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Motilin

Motilin is a 22-amino acid polypeptide hormone in the motilin family that, in humans, is encoded by the MLN gene.

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Myxobolus cerebralis

Myxobolus cerebralis is a myxosporean parasite of salmonids (salmon, trout, and their allies) that causes whirling disease in farmed salmon and trout and also in wild fish populations.

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Nasogastric intubation

Nasogastric intubation is a medical process involving the insertion of a plastic tube (nasogastric tube or NG tube) through the nose, past the throat, and down into the stomach.

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Nepenthesin

Nepenthesin (also spelled nepenthacin or nepenthasin) is an aspartic protease of plant origin that has so far been identified in the pitcher secretions of Nepenthes and in the leaves of Drosera peltata.

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Ostertagia ostertagi

Ostertagia ostertagi, commonly known as the medium or brown stomach worm, is an important parasitic nematode (round worm) of cattle.

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Parietal cell

Parietal cells (also known as oxyntic or delomorphous cells), are the epithelial cells that secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) and intrinsic factor.

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Paul Grützner

Paul Grützner (April 30, 1847 – July 29, 1919) was a German physiologist born in Festenberg, Silesia (present-day Twardogóra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship).

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Pentagastrin

Pentagastrin (trade name Peptavlon) is a synthetic polypeptide that has effects like gastrin when given parenterally.

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Pepsi (disambiguation)

Pepsi is a soft drink.

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Pepsin A

Pepsin A (pepsin, lactated pepsin, pepsin fortior, fundus-pepsin, elixir lactate of pepsin, P I, lactated pepsin elixir, P II, pepsin R, pepsin D) is an enzyme.

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Pepsin B

Pepsin B (parapepsin I, pig gelatinase) is an enzyme.

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Pepsodent

Pepsodent is an American brand of toothpaste with the minty flavor derived from sassafras.

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Pepstatin

Pepstatin is a potent inhibitor of aspartyl proteases.

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Plasmepsin

Plasmepsins are a class of at least 10 enzymes (and) produced by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite.

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Protease

A protease (also called a peptidase or proteinase) is an enzyme that performs proteolysis: protein catabolism by hydrolysis of peptide bonds.

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Protein (nutrient)

Proteins are essential nutrients for the human body.

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Protein crystallization

Protein crystallization is the process of formation of a protein crystal.

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Protein purification

Protein purification is a series of processes intended to isolate one or a few proteins from a complex mixture, usually cells, tissues or whole organisms.

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Protein sequencing

Protein sequencing is the practical process of determining the amino acid sequence of all or part of a protein or peptide.

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Proteinogenic amino acid

Proteinogenic amino acids are amino acids that are incorporated biosynthetically into proteins during translation.

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Proteolysis

Proteolysis is the breakdown of proteins into smaller polypeptides or amino acids.

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Proteose

A proteose is any of various water-soluble compounds that are produced during digestion by the hydrolytic breakdown of proteins short of the amino acid stage.

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Q-FISH

Quantitative Fluorescent in situ hybridization (Q-FISH) is a cytogenetic technique based on the traditional FISH methodology.

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Redback spider

The redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) is a species of highly venomous spider believed to originate in the South Australian or adjacent Western Australian deserts, but now found throughout Australia, Southeast Asia and New Zealand, with colonies elsewhere outside Australia.

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Regulation of gastric function

The nervous system and endocrine system collaborate to increase gastric secretion and motility when food is eaten and to suppress them as the stomach empties.

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Renin inhibitor

Renin inhibitors are a group of pharmaceutical drugs used primarily in treatment of essential hypertension (high blood pressure).

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Rennet

Rennet is a complex set of enzymes produced in the stomachs of ruminant mammals.

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Retroviral aspartyl protease

Retroviral aspartyl proteases are single domain aspartyl proteases from retroviruses, retrotransposons, and badnaviruses (plant dsDNA viruses).

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Rudolf Heidenhain

Rudolf Peter Heinrich Heidenhain (29 January 1834 – 13 October 1897) was a German physiologist born in Marienwerder, East Prussia (now Kwidzyn, Poland).

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Snake antivenom

Snake antivenom, also known as snake venom antiserum and antivenom immunoglobulin is a medication made up of antibodies used to treat snake bites by venomous snakes.

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Statine

Statine is a gamma amino acid that occurs twice in the sequence of pepstatin, a protease inhibitor that is active against pepsin and other acid proteases.

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Stomach

The stomach (from ancient Greek στόμαχος, stomachos, stoma means mouth) is a muscular, hollow organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates.

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Sucralfate

Sucralfate is a medication primarily taken to treat active duodenal ulcers. Sucralfate is also used for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and stress ulcers. Sucralfate is a sucrose sulfate-aluminium complex that binds to the ulcer, creating a physical barrier that protects the gastrointestinal tract from stomach acid and prevents the degradation of mucus. It also promotes bicarbonate production and acts like an acid buffer with cytoprotective properties.

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Taenia solium

Taenia solium is the pork tapeworm belonging to cyclophyllid cestodes in the family Taeniidae.

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Technetium (99mTc) arcitumomab

Technetium (99mTc) arcitumomab is a drug used for the diagnostic imaging of colorectal cancers, marketed by Immunomedics.

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Textbook of Biochemistry

Textbook of Biochemistry, first published in 1928, is scientific textbook authored by Alexander Thomas Cameron.

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The Pepsodent Show

The Pepsodent Show is an American radio comedy program broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio.

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Theodor Schwann

Theodor Schwann (7 December 1810 – 11 January 1882) was a German physiologist.

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Timeline of biology and organic chemistry

Significant events in biology and organic chemistry.

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Trichinosis

Trichinosis is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of the Trichinella type.

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Uterine serpin

Uterine serpins are members of the A clade of the serine protease inhibitor (serpin) superfamily of proteins and are encoded by the SERPINA14 gene.

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Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Vasoactive intestinal peptide, also known as vasoactive intestinal polypeptide or VIP, is a peptide hormone that is vasoactive in the intestine.

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Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12, also called cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin that is involved in the metabolism of every cell of the human body: it is a cofactor in DNA synthesis, and in both fatty acid and amino acid metabolism.

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Wilhelm Olivier Leube

Wilhelm Olivier Leube (14 September 1842 – 16 May 1922) was a German internist born in Ulm.

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Xenoma

A xenoma (also known as a 'xenoparasitic complex') is a growth caused by various protists and fungi, most notably microsporidia.

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Yapsin 1

Yapsin 1 (yeast aspartic protease 3, Yap3 gene product (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)) is an enzyme.

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Zymogen

A zymogen, also called a proenzyme, is an inactive precursor of an enzyme.

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1836 in science

The year 1836 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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1934 in science

The year 1934 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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ATC code A09AA03, ATCvet code QA09AA03, Pepsin a, Pepsinogen, Pepsinogens, Peptein, Peptin, Peptine.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsin

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