Albumen

(al-bū'men.) [L., white of egg.] (Chem. and Bot.) A substance occurring largely in the animal kingdom, and to a le extent in the vegetable kingdom. Its chief sources are white of egg, and the serum of blood. It is a white or transparent viscous fluid, without taste or smell; sp. gr. 1-26. It di olves in water containing an alkaline salt, and when this solution is heated to 140°, the A. pa es into the insoluble form, and is precipitated as a white ma . The A. extracted from vegetable bodies, appears to be identical with animal A. It occurs principally in the seed, constitutes the flour of corn, ., and is never deleterious, however poisonous a plant may be. Form. C72H112N18 SO99? Albuquerque, ALFONSO D', (al-boo-kair'ka,) Portuguese viceroy of the Indies, B. 1452, made his first expedition to the East in 1503, and in 1508 became governor of the Indies. After a just and humane rule, he D. atGoa, 1515. [s. 17]