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A biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw, Carica papaya L

Using fresh papaya latex as the starting material, this thesis describes methods for the isolation and purification of three major proteinases by column adsorption chromatography; a comparative study of certain salient chemical and physical properties of these enzymes is presented. Reference is made...

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Main Author: Skelton, Gerald S
Other Authors: Kench, J E
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Division of Chemical Pathology 2020
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description Using fresh papaya latex as the starting material, this thesis describes methods for the isolation and purification of three major proteinases by column adsorption chromatography; a comparative study of certain salient chemical and physical properties of these enzymes is presented. Reference is made to some conflicting results in the literature concerning papain studies, and an effort has been made in this work, by further experimentation, to account for some of the discrepancies. A supplementary study of biochemical interest has been the collecting of latex from the same growing fruit at fixed time intervals : analysis of the samples shows the changes in the yields of latex and enzyme content during the six months that the fruit takes to ripen.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/31928 A biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw, Carica papaya L Skelton, Gerald S Kench, J E Hydrolases Using fresh papaya latex as the starting material, this thesis describes methods for the isolation and purification of three major proteinases by column adsorption chromatography; a comparative study of certain salient chemical and physical properties of these enzymes is presented. Reference is made to some conflicting results in the literature concerning papain studies, and an effort has been made in this work, by further experimentation, to account for some of the discrepancies. A supplementary study of biochemical interest has been the collecting of latex from the same growing fruit at fixed time intervals : analysis of the samples shows the changes in the yields of latex and enzyme content during the six months that the fruit takes to ripen. 2020-05-19T13:03:57Z 2020-05-19T13:03:57Z 1968 2020-04-15T09:15:44Z Doctoral Thesis Doctoral https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31928 eng application/pdf Division of Chemical Pathology Faculty of Health Sciences
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A biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw, Carica papaya L
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title A biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw, Carica papaya L
title_full A biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw, Carica papaya L
title_fullStr A biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw, Carica papaya L
title_full_unstemmed A biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw, Carica papaya L
title_short A biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw, Carica papaya L
title_sort biochemical study of some of the hydrolases to be found in the latex of the pawpaw carica papaya l
topic Hydrolases
url https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31928
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