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serum albumin
noun
- Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- the commercial form of this substance, used in dye preparations, foodstuffs, and in medicine especially in the treatment of shock.
serum albumin
noun
- a form of albumin that is the most abundant protein constituent of blood plasma See also albumin
Word History and Origins
Origin of serum albumin1
Example Sentences
The formula relies on combining human serum albumin, the most abundant protein in blood plasma, with water and the dust and rock on other planets.
But Stice has found that a cocktail of serum albumin and defined growth factors often yields better results.
Another possibility is a Novichok conjugate of serum albumin, the most abundant protein in blood.
The first, known as the nutritional hypothesis, proposes that miRNAs are just convenient packages of nutrients — much like one of breast milk’s major proteins, serum albumin — that are broken down in the gut.
Plants grown from the modified seeds produce therapeutically valuable proteins such as human serum albumin, which is found in blood and needed in large quantities to replenish blood lost in injury or during surgery.
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