Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Mil·lon's reagent Pronunciation:
mE-'lOnz- Variant:
or Mil·lon reagent /mE-'lOn-/ Function:
noun : asolution that is usually made by dissolving mercury in concentrated nitric acid and diluting with water and that when heated with phenolic compounds gives a red coloration used as a test especially fortyrosine and proteins containing tyrosine
Milálon /mE-lOn,/ Auguste–Nicolas–Eugène (1812–1867), French chemist and physician.Millon devoted his career to the military, first as a surgeon and then as a chemist. In 1848 he demonstrated that urea could be quantitatively analyzed, and in 1849 he formulated the solution now knownas Millon's reagent.
