OLEA EMPYREUMATICA
\ˈə͡ʊli͡əɹ ɛmpˌɪrjuːmˈatɪkə], \ˈəʊliəɹ ɛmpˌɪrjuːmˈatɪkə], \ˈəʊ_l_iə_ɹ ɛ_m_p_ˌɪ_r_j_uː_m_ˈa_t_ɪ_k_ə]\
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Oils which have an empyreumatic or burnt smell. They are obtained by treating vegetable or animal matters by heat, in close vessels. They do not exist in organized bodies, but are formed during their decomposition by fire. The animal oil of Dippel is an empyreumatic oil.
By Robley Dunglison
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.