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The effect of chloride concentration in the determination of lysozyme activity

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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The phosphate buffer used in the determination of lysozyme by the method of Smolelis and Hartsell was modified by the addition of a given concentration of NaCl. This change was shown necessary in determining the lytic activity present in gastric juice, when it was observed that very low as well as high chloride concentrations in the buffer solution alter lysozyme activity considerably.

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  1. Departments of Chemistry and Surgeons, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago 11, Illinois

    Otto E. Lobstein & Samuel J. Fogelson

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Lobstein, O.E., Fogelson, S.J. The effect of chloride concentration in the determination of lysozyme activity. Amer. Jour. Dig. Dis. 18, 298–299 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02897412

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