syntonin

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noun The acid albumin into which myosin is converted by the action of dilute acids.

noun (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under albumin.

noun obsolete, biochemistry A form of fibrin found in muscle tissue, or produced by the action of acids on myosin

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a non-coagulable form of albumen known as syntonin is formed, besides increasing the likelihood of precipitating mucin.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 Various
Albumen, gluten, fibrin, syntonin, are closely allied substances known as proteids, and each is composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.

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The wheat plant contains neither horn, nor gelatin, and the fowl contains neither starch, nor cellulose; but the albumin of the plant is very similar to that of the animal, and the fibrin and syntonin of the animal are bodies closely allied to both albumin and gluten.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891
The flesh, on the other hand, will contain albumin, and some other substances which are very similar to albumin, termed fibrin and syntonin.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891
_serum_ of the blood; the _fibrin_ of the blood; _syntonin_, the chief constituent of muscle and flesh, and _casein_, one of the chief constituents of cheese, and many other similar, but less frequent substances.

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877