The isolation in the early 1960s (Gregory & Tracy, 1975; Jorpes & Mutt, 1973) from porcine intestinal and gastric antral tissues of the classical gastrointestinal hormones gastrin, secretin and cholecystokinin, the latter having also the properties ascribed to pancreozymin, confirmed the long-suspected peptide nature of these substances. It then seemed-for a time-that the field of gastrointesti...

[(11)C]-choline is an effective PET tracer used for imaging of neoplastic lesions and metastases of the prostate cancer. However, its production can be a challenge for manufacturers, as it has not yet been described in Polish or European pharmacopoeia. In this study the technical aspects of [(11)C]-choline production are described and detailed process parameters are provided. The quality contro...

A procedure for the extraction and isolation of the peroxidase in pig thyroid glands has been described. The enzyme has been purified by gel filtration and diethylaminoethyl chromatography, and its spectral properties suggest that the enzyme is a typical hemoprotein peroxidase, while gel filtration experiments have shown it to have a molecular weight of 104,000. The specific activity of the pre...

Characterization of humic substances (HS) in environmental samples generally involves labor-intensive and time-consuming isolation and purification procedures. In this paper, the development of an automated system for HS isolation and purification is described. The novelty of the developed system lies in the way the multiple liquids and columns used in the isolation/purification procedure are h...

The goal of this research was to isolate and identify the thermostable alkaline protease producing bacteria among several native Iranian microorganisms. At the end of screening program, a Bacillus subtilis BP-36 strain producing thermophilic alkaline protease was isolated from a hot spring in Ardebil province. The target enzyme was purified using a one-step Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) prot...