A continuation of the process results in the formation of a still more complex peptid called a peptone. Peptones in turn may combine to form proteins (Harbaugh and Goodrich).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
tone — ac·e·tone; ac·e·ton·yl·ac·e·tone; ace·tyl·ac·e·tone; alan·to·lac·tone; aq·ua·tone; bar·bi·tone; bar·i·tone; car·vo·ta·nac·e·tone; Chlo·re·tone; chro·ma·tone; civ·e·tone; demi·tone; de·oxy·cor·tone; di·tone; Dul·ci·tone; ec·o·tone; ei·gen·tone;… … English syllables
peptone — pep·tone … English syllables
peptone — pep•tone [[t]ˈpɛp toʊn[/t]] n. biochem. any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis • Etymology: 1855–60; < G Pepton < Gk peptón, neut. of peptós cooked, digested, v. adj. of… … From formal English to slang
peptone — Descriptive term applied to intermediate polypeptide products, formed in partial hydrolysis of proteins, that are soluble in water, diffusible, and not coagulable by heat; used in bacterial culture media … Medical dictionary
pseudopeptone — pseu·do·pep·tone (soo″do pepґtōn) ovomucoid … Medical dictionary
Amphopeptone — Am pho*pep tone, n. [Gr. ? + E. peptone.] (Physiol.) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Antipeptone — An ti*pep tone, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dyspeptone — Dys*pep tone, n. [Pref. dys + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other proteid substances by the action of gastric juice. Meissner. || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hemipeptone — Hem i*pep tone, n. [Hemi + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter. [1913 Webster] Note: Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Metapeptone — Met a*pep tone, n. [Pref. meta + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) An intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion of albuminous matter. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
