What is meant by peptones and peptides

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Peptide: Peptides are biologically occurring short chains of amino acid monomers linked by peptide (amide) bonds1. ... Peptones can be considered as derivatives of peptidesi.e. they also contain some other substances like fats, salts, vitamins, etc. in addition to peptide.

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