Term: peptide
Literally meaning: “product of digestion”
Origin: Anc Greek
>πέπτω/pepto(=digest)
+ίδιο/-idio(=ide, suffix meaning a member or a part of group)
Coined/History
The name probably derived by the process of getting peptids (hydrolysis/digestion of proteins).
Definition
Peptide is a low weight polymer composed of two (dipeptide) or more amino acids joined by peptide bonds consisting parts of proteins
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