pectic substance — n any of a group of complex colloidal carbohydrate derivatives of plant origin that contain a large proportion of units derived from galacturonic acid and include protopectins, pectins, pectinic acids, and pectic acids … Medical dictionary
pectic substance — noun : any of a group of complex colloidal carbohydrate derivatives of plant origin containing a large proportion of units derived from galacturonic acid and subdivided into protopectins, pectins, pectinic acids, and pectic acids … Useful english dictionary
pectic acid — noun a complex acid that occurs in ripe fruit and some vegetables • Hypernyms: ↑acid * * * noun Etymology: French acide pectique : any of the pectic substances composed mostly of colloidal polymeric galacturonic acids and essentially free from… … Useful english dictionary
pectic acid — SYN: d galacturonic acid. * * * pectic acid n any of various water insoluble substances formed by hydrolyzing the methyl ester groups of pectins * * * pec·tic ac·id (pekґtik) a complex acid occurring in fruits, containing partially demethylated… … Medical dictionary
pectinesterase — noun Date: 1945 an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of pectins into pectic acids and methanol … New Collegiate Dictionary
pectinesterase — SYN: pectase. * * * pec·tin·es·ter·ase .pek tə nes tə .rās, .rāz n an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of pectins into pectic acids and methanol called also pectase … Medical dictionary
pectinic acid — pec·tin·ic acid pek .tin ik n any of the colloidal polysaccharides of acidic nature that are obtained by partial hydrolysis of protopectins and are intermediate in methyl ester content between pectic acids and the usual pectin … Medical dictionary
pectinesterase — |pektə̇n+ noun Etymology: pectin + esterase : an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of pectins into pectic acids and methanol and that occurs especially in higher plants called also pectase … Useful english dictionary
pectinic acid — (ˈ)pek|tinik noun Etymology: pectin + ic : any of the colloidal polysaccharides of acidic nature that are obtained by partial hydrolysis of protopectins and are intermediate in methyl ester content between pectic acids and the usual pectin … Useful english dictionary
cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… … Universalium
wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… … Universalium