English Dictionary:
- A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling
starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly
in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and
tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar
when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the
action of amylolytic ferments.
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