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"ref": "1976, Caribbean Quarterly - Volumes 22-23, page 26",
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"ref": "1919, Palestine - Volume 6, page 174",
"text": "Owing to absence of a duty on spirits, there would be no need to denaturise it, which would make the alcohol cheaper still.",
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"ref": "2008, Gian F. Baronzio, E. Dieter Hager, Hyperthermia In Cancer Treatment: A Primer, page 230",
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"ref": "2011, Graham Dodgshun, Michel Peters, David O'Dea, Cookery for the Hospitality Industry, page 685",
"text": "Curing is a process of adding salt to flesh foods such as pork, beef or fish, to denaturise the meat proteins.",
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},
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},
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},
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"text": "It appears to be a problem because polyvalent proteinase inhibitors, commonly used in clinical practice, have a protein nature and denaturise at high temperature.",
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},
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"type": "quotation"
},
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"text": "Thermal processing is used to denaturise oxidative enzymes and to inactivate microorganisms.",
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