Serum (antigen) when heated at a temperature sufficient to cause definite clouding reacts more intensely with a specific precipitin than a portion of the unheated serum or samples heated at lower temperatures. The phenomenon is explained on the basis that coagulated protein in suspension is covered with undenatured antigen and the addition of precipitin causes agglutination of the coagulated pr...

A randomized study was planned to compare the effects of whey and egg albumin protein supplements in dialysis patients. Fifty adult patients were randomized to receive either whey protein or egg albumin as per their deficit calculated from K/DOQI recommendations. Actual intake was calculated from three-day dietary diary. Assessment of nutritional status was done by serum albumin and bioelectric...

The experiments described in this paper show (I) that the oxidation of SH groups by common oxidizing agents such as ferricyanide and Folin's uric acid reagent is inhibited by cyanide and promoted by copper sulfate, (2) that the SH groups of denatured egg albumin can be oxidized by an equivalent amount of ferricyanide even in the absence of denaturing agents, provided aggregation is avoided, (3)...

AN ultracentrifuge study of the action of papain on egg albumin was made in this laboratory [Svedberg & Eriksson, 1933; 1934], but with the centrifugal forces and methods of measurement then available it was not possible to separate effectively the digestion products obtained. It was therefore thought advisable to use the improved apparatus now in the laboratory to extend these observations. As...

The experiments described in this paper show (I) that the oxidation of SH groups by common oxidizing agents such as ferricyanide and Folin's uric acid reagent is inhibited by cyanide and promoted by copper sulfate, (2) that the SH groups of denatured egg albumin can be oxidized by an equivalent amount of ferricyanide even in the absence of denaturing agents, provided aggregation is avoided, (3)...