murexide
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of murexide
First recorded in 1830–40; murex + -ide ( def. )
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Treated with nitric acid, the adipose tissue of the Decticus produces an effervescence similar to that of chalk and yields enough murexide to redden a tumblerful of water.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
When an alkaline solution of murexide is precipitated by an acid, a light shining powder results, called purpuric acid.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
We are not aware that murexide has yet been brought forward as a pigment, and judging from its character as a dye, it would scarcely enrich the palette.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
The pigment, no matter what its hue, dissolves with effervescence and afterwards yields murexide.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The problem is solved: the colouring-matter which has just formed is murexide; and consequently the powdery substance which filled the cells was none other than uric acid, or more precisely ammonium urate.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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