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IMMUNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF DIALYSIS RETENTATES FROM PENICILLIN
Author(s) -
LIAKOPOULOU ATHANSIA,
VILIM ARNOST B.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1976.tb01686.x
Subject(s) - penicillin , benzylpenicillin , antibody , immunology , medicine , dialysis , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , antibiotics , biology
Retentates from benzylpenicillin preparations marketed in Canada were used in immunological studies in order to determine if they were immunogenic in experimental animals with respect to anaphylactic antibody production. The retentates obtained consisted mainly of penicillin polymers. Impurities of protein nature were either insignificant or absent. The penicillin polymers were found to be non-immunogenic in Albino Wistar rats, Wistar Furth rats and Hartley guinea pigs. Furthermore, they were unable to effect positive PCA tests in rats passively sensitized to the penicilloyl determinant.