CONVOLVULIN
\kənvˈɒlvjʊlˌɪn], \kənvˈɒlvjʊlˌɪn], \k_ə_n_v_ˈɒ_l_v_j_ʊ_l_ˌɪ_n]\
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A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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.