Sentence examples for albumen from inspiring English sources
The word "albumen" is correct and usable in written English
It refers to the clear, viscous substance found in egg whites or the protein component of certain seeds. Example: "The chef emphasized the importance of whipping the albumen to achieve the perfect meringue."
noun
The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
The albumen, or egg white, is an ideal place to store fragile compounds.
At present, TranXenoGen is aiming to produce transgenic chickens that make eggs containing insulin and human serum albumen, with an eye on getting regulators to stamp their seal of approval on drugs produced this way.Many other biotech firms are rushing to turn farm animals into protein factories.
Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Évrard invented the process using albumen (that's the clear gelatinous part that surrounds the yolk) in 1850, and it became the most popular method for photographic printing in the 19th century.
Half of the shell gland secretes a substance high in protein content (albumen), and the other half secretes the shell delicate in viviparous forms, thick and horny in most oviparous species.
Paper was laid on a mixture of albumen and salt.
The term albumen was once applied to water-soluble protein systems, such as egg white, containing proteins other than albumins.
Addition of alkali to albumen-water mixtures improves adhesive properties.
To make prints from the negatives, she floated sheets of fine writing paper in a solution of egg whites, left them to dry, then soaked the albumen-coated paper in the silver nitrate.
But demand for egg whites is rising, as fast-food chains in the US dish up albumen-only breakfast sarnies, flatbreads and burritos to the masses as a nod to healthy eating.
Eggs are supplied to food manufacturers in powders, with added sugar, for instance, or as albumen-only special "high gel" products for whipping.
In July 2002, TranXenoGen, an avian transgenics firm based in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, announced that it had produced two antibodies one human antibody and one mouse antibody in the albumens of so-called "chimeric" chickens, which produce the desired protein in some (but not all) their cells.
