ZEIN

n. Ze'i2n. Fr., zeine. Ger., Ze'in, Maiskleber. 1. Of Gorham, the gluten of maize. 2. Of Stopf, a white solid obtained from the alcoholic extract of maize-meal: perhaps merely a mixture of vegetable gelatin and casein. [B, 93 (a, 14); "Pharm. Jour, and Trans.," Apr. 30, 1892, p. 898.] [s. 742]