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Lysozyme from Human Milk

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CONTINUING our research on lysozymes from different origins1, we were interested in the purification of a human lysozyme. Some preliminary experiments have indicated that human placenta, saliva and spleen contain lysozymes, approximately 4, 10 and 40 mgm./kgm. respectively (quantities expressed in mgm. of hen's egg white lysozyme). In contrast with cow's milk, we have found that human milk contains a lysozyme (40 mgm./l. expressed in mgm. of hen's egg white lysozyme).

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  1. Jollès, P., The Enzymes, 4, 431 (Academic Press New York, 1960).

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  1. Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, 96 Bd. Raspail, Paris

    PIERRE JOLLÈS & JACQUELINE JOLLÈS

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JOLLÈS, P., JOLLÈS, J. Lysozyme from Human Milk. Nature 192, 1187–1188 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921187b0

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