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gliadin
[ glahy-uh-din, -dn ]
noun
, Biochemistry.
- a prolamin derived from the gluten of grain, as wheat or rye, used chiefly as a nutrient in high-protein diets.
- any prolamin.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gliadin1
C19: from Italian gliadina, from Greek glia glue
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Example Sentences
It is composed of true vegetable fibrin and a small quantity of gliadin.
From Project Gutenberg
Gluten is composed of two bodies called gliadin and glutenin.
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Examples of these proteins may be seen in the gliadin of wheat, zein of corn, and hordein of barley.
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A dough cannot be made of pure germ, because it contains so little of the gliadin and glutenin.
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Both gliadin and glutenin take important parts in bread making.
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