Medical Definition of protopectin
: any of a group of water-insoluble pectic substances occurring in plants and yielding pectin or pectinic acids on hydrolysis.
What is Protopectin made of?
noun Biochemistry. any of the class of water-insoluble pectic substances that are found in the rind of citrus fruits or in apple peels and that are hydrolyzed to pectin or pectic acid. Also called pectinogen, pectose.
What is a Pectate?
: a salt or ester of a pectic acid.
