canavalinn.
/kəˈnavəlɪn/, /kəˈnavl̩ɪn/, U.S. /kəˈnævl̩ən/ Biochemistry.
A globulin found in the seeds of the jack bean.
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1916 D. B. Jones & C. O. Johns in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 28 68 The globulin obtained in the greatest amount and which was the most soluble and contained the least sulfur we have named canavalin.
1947 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 25 Aug. 8/4 Flour made from soy beans and jack beans has yielded an anti-biotic called canavalin.
1990 Ann. Techn. Rep. Protein Crystal Growth in Low Gravity, 1989–90 (Stanford Univ.) 6 The continued growth of a canavalin crystal.
2013 M. H. Stipanuk & M. A. Caudill Biochem., Physiol., & Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition v. 82 (caption) Canavalin is a vicilin from jack bean.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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