protagon
protagon — noun
1. a white powder from animal brain tissue that contains a mix of fat-like substanc
a white powder from animal brain tissue that contains a mix of fat-like substances called lipids; it was once thought to be a single chemical and was studied in early brain research
Dr. Karim extracted protagon from the cow brain tissue for his biochemistry experiment.
extracted + from [source tissue]
Allison placed the white protagon powder under a microscope for her university project.
In the early 1900s, researchers thought protagon was a single substance found in nerve tissue.
Nikhil read an old textbook that described how to prepare protagon from sheep brains.
The lab stored the purified protagon in a sealed glass container at room temperature.
- brain lipid extract
more modern descriptive term rather than a named substance
文法句型
uncountable noun, often used with 'the'
用法筆記
The term is mostly found in historical scientific literature; modern biochemistry uses specific names for the individual lipids rather than referring to protagon as a single substance.