Open AccessThe combination curves, hydrogen ion regulating power and equivalents of ovalbumin
Author(s) -
E. B. R. Prideaux,
Donald Devereux Woods
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1932.0030
Subject(s) - hydrogen ion , titration curve , ovalbumin , titration , power (physics) , albumin , chemistry , order (exchange) , ion , mathematics , chromatography , thermodynamics , physics , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , economics , biochemistry , biology , immunology , finance , immune system
The general nature of the combination curve of albumin with acids and alkalies has been stated by Loeb, and is based on titrations of Hitchcock and Colin (1925), also Bugarszky and Liebermann (1898). Some preliminary results obtained by one of us showed a marked difference in the 0.1 per cent. solutions on the alkaline side, and difficulty in reproducing the results with 1.0 per cent. solutions. Many more experimental points were required in order to confirm or dispute the differences between albumin and gelatin, which appear to follow from Loeb’s smoothed curves, for 1 per cent, solutions ; Harris (1925) dealt with some of these differences.