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CONTINUING our research on lysozymes from different origins1, we were interested in the purification of a human lysozyme. Some preliminary experiments have indicated that human placenta, saliva and spleen contain lysozymes, approximately 4, 10 and 40 mgm./kgm. respectively (quantities expressed in mgm. of hen's egg white lysozyme). In contrast with cow's milk, we have found that human milk contains a lysozyme (40 mgm./l. expressed in mgm. of hen's egg white lysozyme).
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Jollès, P., The Enzymes, 4, 431 (Academic Press New York, 1960).
Jollès, P., Methods in Enzymology, 5, 137 (Academic Press, New York, 1961).
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JOLLÈS, P., JOLLÈS, J. Lysozyme from Human Milk. Nature 192, 1187–1188 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921187b0
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