ov·al·bu·min

(ŏv′əl-byo͞o′mĭn, ō′vəl-)

The albumin of egg white.

[Alteration of Late Latin ōvī albūmen : Latin ōvī, genitive sing. of ōvum, egg; see ovum + Latin albūmen, white of an egg; see albumen.]

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ovalbumin

(əʊvˈælbjʊmɪn)

(Biochemistry) the albumin or main type of protein found in egg whites

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ov•al•bu•min

(ˌɒv ælˈbyu mɪn, ˌoʊ væl-)

n.

the principal protein of egg white.

[1825–35; < Late Latin ovī albūmen (Latin ovī album) egg white]

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Noun

ovalbumin - the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"

egg white, albumen, white

fixings, ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"

eggs, egg - oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

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0.5 mg/mL fibronectin III1-C polypeptide, 0.5 mg/mL FN, 0.5 mg/mL VN, or 0.5 mg/mL ovalbumin were incubated with trace amounts of [sup.125]-I-MGP (2.5 ng/mL, 30,000 dpm) at ambient temperature for 2 hours in 5 mM phosphate, 75 mM NaCl, 2.5 mM EDTA, and 0.05 mg/mL gelatin pH 7.4.

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Inactivated Bordetella pertussis (iBp) has been used as a strong Th2 adjuvant to boost allergic responses to antigen such as house dust mite antigen (HDM), ovalbumin (OVA), and ragweed pollen in animal models of asthmatic hypersensitivity from 1968 [1-4].

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For sensitization, on the 1st and 8th days, a 0.2 ml mixed solution, adjusted to a concentration to 5mg/ml of ovalbumin (OVA) and 15mg/ml of aluminium hydroxide, was adminisrered intraperitoneally to the mice in Group 1 and 0.2 ml saline solution to the mice in Group 2.

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