different between peptide vs amatoxin

English

Etymology

From German Peptid, from Ancient Greek ?????? (peptós, “digested”).

Noun

peptide (plural peptides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
2. (chemistry) The peptide bond itself.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:peptide

Derived terms

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Further reading

• peptide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From English peptide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?p.tid/
• Homophone: peptides

Noun

peptide m (plural peptides)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

Further reading

• “peptide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pep?ti.de/
• Rhymes: -ide

Noun

peptide m (plural peptidi)

1. (biochemistry) peptide

Derived terms

• peptidico

English

Etymology

Blend of amanita +? toxin

Noun

amatoxin (plural amatoxins)

1. (toxicology) Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others

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