A milky, product excreted from the latex canals of a variety of plant species that contain cauotchouc. Latex is composed of 25-35% caoutchouc, 60-75% water, 2% protein, 2% resin, 1.5% sugar & 1% ash. RUBBER is made by the removal of water from latex.(From Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3rd ed). Hevein proteins are responsible for LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY. Latexes are used as inert vehicles to carry antibodies or antigens in LATEX FIXATION TESTS.

Annotation

coordinate with source plant (commonly HEVEA)

kombinuj s poskytující rostlinou - obvykle KAUČUKOVNÍK (ROD)

DUI

D007840 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0012254

Previous indexing

Rubber (1966-1980)

History note

1981(1963-1967); use LATEX RUBBER 1968-1980

Public note

1981; see LATEX RUBBER 1968-1980, see RUBBER 1963-1967; LATEX PARTICLES was heading 1968-1980; for LATICES see LATEX 1981-1995