deproteinate

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English

Etymology

From de- +‎ protein +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

deproteinate (third-person singular simple present deproteinates, present participle deproteinating, simple past and past participle deproteinated)

  1. Synonym of deproteinize
    • 2015 June 3, Lorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli et al., “α7 Nicotinic Receptor Promotes the Neuroprotective Functions of Astrocytes against Oxaliplatin Neurotoxicity”, in Neural Plasticity, volume 2015, →DOI:
      The cell pellet was treated with 0.5 mL 0.25 M metaphosphoric acid on ice for 5 min to deproteinate the sample.