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AQUEOUS extracts of ground dried peas form a good medium for the production of penicillin1. There are, however, certain disadvantages in the use of such material on a large scale, although it forms a very convenient basis for a scheme of fractionation of the active constituents concerned2. Last summer we found that a press juice made from entire green peas (seeds and pods) formed an excellent medium for penicillin production.
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COOK, R., TULLOCH, W. Green Pea Juice as a Medium for the Production of Penicillin. Nature 155, 515 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155515b0
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