Antipeptone
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Antipeptone is a protein hydrolysis product that is more resistant to acids and trypsin than hemipeptone. Upon prolonged trypsin action, it loses its biuret reaction, but further breakdown into amino acids requires acid hydrolysis rather than trypsin.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
ANTIPEPTONE, one of the products of protein hydrolysis, more resistant than hemipeptone (see) to cleavage by acids and trypsin. After prolonged action of trypsin, antipeptone ceases to give the biuret reaction, but further breakdown of the resulting peptides into amino acids by means of trypsin is unsuccessful and is possible only upon hydrolysis by acids.
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“Antipeptone.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/antipeptone/