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Changes in the composition of ovomucin during liquefaction of thick egg white
Author(s) -
Robinson D. S.,
Monsey J. B.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740230105
Subject(s) - egg white , incubation , centrifugation , chemistry , chromatography , composition (language) , food science , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Preparations of purified ovomucin complex have been obtained from samples of thick egg white which were liquefied during incubation at 37 °C under sterile conditions. Chemical analyses of the ovomucin complex and analytical ultra‐centrifugation of fully reduced derivatives of the ovomucin complex obtained from thick egg white thinned by incubation at 37 °C have shown that these preparations, unlike those obtained from “fresh” thick egg white, contained only small quantities of β‐ovomucin. It is postulated that β‐ovomucin is converted to a more soluble form during the natural thinning of thick egg white at 37 °C.