Definitions
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- noun Same as
hematin .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
hematin .
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Examples
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But this substance, as well as the so-called haematin used by me, ought perhaps to have been classed with indigestible substances.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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André Lwoff studied haematin - a growth factor for the flagellates - the specificity of protohaematin, its quantitative effect on growth, and the part it played in the respiratory catalyst system.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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He studied haematin - a growth factor for the flagellates - the specificity of protohaematin, its quantitative effect on growth, and the part it played in the respiratory catalyst system.
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On the third day the glands in contact with the haematin were blackened, and some of the tentacles seemed injured.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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-- Some dark red granules, prepared from bullock's blood, were given me; these were found by Dr. Sanderson to be insoluble in water, acids, and alcohol, so that they were probably haematin, together with other bodies derived from the blood.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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The secretion of Drosera and gastric juice were both able to dissolve some element or impurity out of the globulin and haematin employed by me.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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Dr. Sanderson tried this substance with artificial digestive fluid, in the manner described under globulin, and found that whilst 1.31 of fibrin, only 0.456 of the haematin was dissolved in an hour; but the dissolution by the secretion of even a less amount would account for its action on Dr.sera.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
recombinantdna commented on the word haematin
"Hematein exhibits indicator-like properties, being blue and less soluble in aqueous alkaline conditions, and red and more soluble in alcoholic acidic conditions."
-- wikipedia
August 4, 2008