Erepsin — is an enzyme that digests peptones into amino acids. It is grouped under exopeptidases. They work only on the outside peptide bonds of a peptone. Its optimum pH is around pH 8. It is produced by the intestinal glands in the ileum and are found in … Wikipedia
erepsin — [ē rep′sin] n. 〚Ger < L ereptus, pp. of eripere, to snatch away (< e , out + rapere, to snatch: see RAPE1) + Ger pepsin, PEPSIN〛 an enzyme mixture once thought to be one enzyme, secreted by the small intestine and involved in the breaking down of … Universalium
Erepsin — Erepsin, früher verwendete Bezeichnung für ein im Pankreassaft und im Darmsaft vorhandenes Gemisch von Verdauungsenzymen, v. a. Carboxypeptidasen, Aminopeptidasen und Dipeptidasen … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
erepsin — erèpsīn m <G erepsína> DEFINICIJA biol. ferment koji u tankom crijevu razlaže peptide na aminokiseline ETIMOLOGIJA ≃ grč. ereípein: obarati, raskidati … Hrvatski jezični portal
erepsin — [ē rep′sin] n. [Ger < L ereptus, pp. of eripere, to snatch away (< e , out + rapere, to snatch: see RAPE1) + Ger pepsin, PEPSIN] an enzyme mixture once thought to be one enzyme, secreted by the small intestine and involved in the breaking… … English World dictionary
erepsin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary er (probably from Latin eripere to snatch away, from e + rapere to seize) + pepsin more at rapid Date: 1902 a mixture of exopeptidases obtained especially from the intestinal juice … New Collegiate Dictionary
Erepsin — E|rep|sin [griech. eréptesthai = rupfen, fressen, verzehren; ↑ Pepsin], das; s, e: veraltete Bez. für ein Peptidasengemisch aus Darm u. Pankreas. * * * Erep|sin, das; s [nach ↑Pepsin (1) geb. zu griech. eréptesthai = verzehren] (Med.): Eiweiß… … Universal-Lexikon
erepsin — erep·sin i rep sən n a proteolytic fraction obtained esp. from the intestinal juice and known to be a mixture of exopeptidases * * * n. a mixture of protein digesting enzymes (see peptidase) secreted by the intestinal glands. It is part of the… … Medical dictionary
Erepsin — E|rep|sin 〈n.; Gen.: s; Pl.: unz.; Med.〉 Enzymgemisch, das die Eiweißspaltung u. verdauung im Magen vollendet [Etym.: aus grch. erepthestai »rupfen; verzehren« + Pepsin] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
Erepsin — Erep|si̱n [Kunstw. aus gr. ἐρεπτεσϑαι = rupfen; fressen, verzehren u. ↑Pepsin] s; s: eiweißspaltendes Enzymgemisch im Saft des Dünndarms u. der Bauchspeicheldrüse … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke