See Also: lactoglobulin(medicine)
lactoglobulin(dictionary)

lactoglobulin (iou)



lactoglobulin noun. L19.
[from LACTO- + GLOBULIN.]
Biochemistry. Orig., the fraction of milk proteins obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution. Now usu. -lactoglobulin, a protein or mixture of closely similar proteins occurring in the lactalbumin fraction of milk.