collagen
any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
Origin of collagen
1Other words from collagen
- col·lag·e·nous [kuh-laj-uh-nuhs], /kəˈlædʒ ə nəs/, adjective
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How to use collagen in a sentence
Fudge and Kruppa agree that it’s also worth considering supplemental protein, amino acids, and collagen.
There is also collagen powder derived from fish or cowhide, which can increase skin, joint, bone, and gut health.
Best protein powder: Better nutrition in a bottle | Carsen Joenk | January 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhen you bite into a piece of meat you encounter fats, connective tissue like collagen, that juice dripping down your chin … it’s all part of the sensory experience.
Your first lab-grown burger is coming soon—and it’ll be “blended” | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewStones presumably used a long time ago to break fresh mastodon bones should have picked up residue containing at least some collagen.
Two stones fuel debate over when America’s first settlers arrived | Bruce Bower | December 4, 2020 | Science NewsThe newly analyzed bone residue also does not include collagen.
Two stones fuel debate over when America’s first settlers arrived | Bruce Bower | December 4, 2020 | Science News
At one point, I was encased in a jelly-green-tea collagen mask, which was awesome.
Because “human-engineered collagen” is clearly the path to a better sex life.
As goatskins are so tight fibred, a longer liming and a greater loss of collagen is permissible than with most pelts for chrome.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner BennettBy boiling with water, dilute acids or dilute alkalies, collagen is split up into gelatin or glutin.
Principles and Practice of Fur Dressing and Fur Dyeing | William E. Austin
British Dictionary definitions for collagen
/ (ˈkɒlədʒən) /
a fibrous scleroprotein of connective tissue and bones that is rich in glycine and proline and yields gelatine on boiling
Origin of collagen
1Derived forms of collagen
- collagenic (ˌkɒləˈdʒɛnɪk) or collagenous (kəˈlædʒənəs), adjective
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Scientific definitions for collagen
[ kŏl′ə-jən ]
Any of various tough, fibrous proteins found in bone, cartilage, skin, and other connective tissue. Collagens have great tensile strength, and provide these body structures with the ability to withstand forces that stretch them. Collagens consist of three polypeptide chains arranged in a triple helix, and are bundled together in fibers. When boiled in water, collagen is converted into gelatin.
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