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Egg White

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Definition: The white of an egg, especially a chicken's egg, used in cooking. It contains albumin. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)  white of egg as food or as distinct from EGG YOLK, or egg white from dietary, food technol or econ viewpoint; differentiate from OVALBUMIN, the chemical albumin in egg white; egg-white edema: coord EDEMA (IM) + OVALBUMIN (NIM if indexed at all)   
See Also Ovalbumin
Other names Egg Whites
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
cygnin  88747-01-7 Cygnin  *Egg Proteins Birds Egg White. Int J Pept Protein Res 1983;22(4):476
penalbumin protein, Pygoscelis adeliae  0   *Glycoproteins Egg White. Int J Pept Protein Res 1982;19(3):215

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