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quitina
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chitin . ( Del gr. ??(t?, tunic). 1. f. Bioquím. Nitrogen carbohydrate, of white, insoluble in water and organic liquids. It is located in the dermatoesqueleto of arthropods, which gives its special hardness, the skin of the nematelmintos and cell membranes of many fungi and bacteria.




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