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Studies of the chick edema factor. II. Isolation of a toxic substance
Author(s) -
Yartzoff Andrew,
Firestone David,
Banes Daniel,
Horwitz William,
Friedman Leo,
Nesheim Stanley
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02633897
Subject(s) - edema , isolation (microbiology) , triolein , chemistry , medicine , biology , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , lipase , enzyme
A crystalline halogen containing material producing chick edema symptoms at 0.1 part per million in the diet has been isolated from a sample of triolein which was toxic to monkeys. This material is similar to that reported by Harman et al. (4) but differs somewhat in ultraviolet speetral properties.