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PROTEINS in aqueous solution have been demonstrated to elute polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from soot particles. The liberated hydrocarbons, although hydrophobic, are retained in solution by the proteins1. We wished to determine whether milk, a protein solution, would elute incorporated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from paraffin waxes despite the hydrophobic nature of the hydrocarbons.
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Falk, H. L., Miller, A., and Kotin, P., Science, 127, 474 (1958).
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FALK, H., KOTIN, P. & MILLER, A. Milk as an Eluant of Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons added to Wax. Nature 183, 1184–1185 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831184a0
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