pepsine
- a variation of pepsin.
Example Sentences
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Even the tapeworm succumbs to the digestive action of pepsine in large doses, while the more highly organized tissues of the stomach are unaffected.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 by Various
In the morning it was clean gone, string and all; but whether it was the pepsine, the papaine, or a purloining pagan that was the cause of its departure there was no evidence to show.
From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.
The gastric juice contains, also, a peculiar organic-ferment or decomposing substance, containing nitrogen—something of the nature of yeast—termed pepsine, which is easily soluble in the acid just named.
From Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
M. Bouchut's experiments with pepsine for destroying worms in the stomach and bowels have been continued with extremely promising results.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 by Various
We have pepsine, pancreatine, artificial gastric acid—I know not what like mixtures.
From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
