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heat stable en · ADJ
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That does not break down at high temperatures.
Being heat stable, the colour is retained during the cooking process.
1996, G.A.F. Hendry, J.D. Houghton, Natural Food Colorants, page 68:Heat stable proteins were equally good in progressive motility, but the control was better.
1990, Muhammad Mahmood Hassan, The Effects of Heat Stable Proteins on Preservation of Bovine Spermatozoa, page 116:Both genes are expressed at normal (25C) soil temperature, but only the heat stable gene is expressed at high (30C) soil temperature.
1991, Guillermo Bartolomé Cap, Inheritance and Phenotypic Expression of Heat Stable Resistance to Meloidodyne Spp. in Lycopersicon Peruvianum and Its Transfer to Edible Tomato, page 63:
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