Cow lung facts for kids
Soto Banjar, the specialty of Banjarmasin City, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Yellowish spicy broth with rice vermicelli, lontong rice cake, perkedel mashed potato fritter, fried cow lung, boiled egg, celery, fried shallot and krupuk cracker
Cow lung is used in various cuisines and as a source for pulmonary surfactants. In Peru it is known as bofe. In Indonesia, Nasi kuning can be made with cow lung. Paru goreng is fried cow lung Padang food. It is a type of offal.
Animal derived surfactants include Beractants Alveofact extracted from cow lung lavage fluid and Survanta extracted from minced cow lung with additional DPPC, palmitic acid and tripalmitin.
Defibrotide is a deoxyribonucleic acid derivative (single-stranded) derived from cow lung.
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