PEPTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peptone mean? 

• PEPTONE (noun)
  The noun PEPTONE has 1 sense:

1. any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids

  Familiarity information: PEPTONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEPTONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("peptone" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

 Context examples 

A broad-spectrum peptide nucleic acid formulation comprised of breakdown products of casein, peptone, RNA and serum albumin, with potential anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, anti-anorectic and anti-cachexia activities.

(Immunomodulator OHR/AVR118, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole positive, produce butyric acid and gas in peptone yeast extract medium with glucose, urease negative, and does not reduce nitrate, produce coagulase, hydrolyze esculin or starch, liquefy gelatin, ferment carbohydrates, or produce propionate from lactate.

(Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus, NCI Thesaurus)