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histidine Biochem.|ˈhɪstɪdiːn, -ɪn| Also -in. [ad. G. histidin (A. Kossel 1896, in Zeitschr. f. physiol. Chem. XXII. 176), f. Gr. ἱστ-ός web, tissue + -idine c.] An amino-acid; see quot. 1940.
1896Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXX. i. 582 The sulphate from..sturgeon sperm has rather different solubilities in sodium chloride solutions, and the names salmine and sturine are suggested by the two protamines. By decomposing the latter base with sulphuric acid, a new crystalline base was prepared, which is called histidine. 1900Dorland Med. Dict. 301/2 Histidin, a substance, C6H9N3O2, obtainable from any protamin by the action of sulphuric acid and water. 1919Nature CIV. 322/2 The diamino-acids lysin, histidin, and arginin. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 417/2 Histidine, α-amino-β-imidazole propionic acid, a protein derivative belonging to the group of hexone bases. 1963J. H. Burn Drugs, Med. & Man (ed. 2) vii. 73 Protein is a structure rather like a house which is built from bricks, each of which is chemically an amino-acid. One of these bricks is an amino-acid called histidine. |