Abstract
THE only reported study of the protein of Balanites aegyptica is an abstract from a thesis by Despujols1, who showed the presence of two fractions, 70–75 per cent of balanine (“insoluble in water in the presence of salts”) and 25–30 per cent of aegyptine (soluble under the same conditions). It was claimed that the two fractions can be separated by dialysis, but the use of salts did not give a complete separation. No details regarding the method of extraction of the protein from the nut were given. In this communication a brief ultracentrifugal study of a saline extract of the protein is presented.
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Despujols, J., “L'Année Biologique”, 24, 203 (1948).
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NAISMITH, W. The Protein from Balanites aegyptica . Nature 175, 692 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175692a0
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