SOME IMMUNOELEGTROPHORETIC STUDIES ON BARLEY PROTEINS

Abstract

A study has been initiated of the salt-soluble proteins of barley (Kenia) by the immunoelectrophoretic method. The usual extraction methods have been varied in order to find optimum conditions for the extraction of the maximum number of components and to obtain protein samples with a much reduced contamination from tannins, phytin, etc. A total of 21 components has been shown on immunoelectrophoretic diagrams, and they are here referred to as a, b — u starting from the anode. Some of the components have been identified as having globulin or albumin character, and a correlation with the classical nomenclature introduced from ultracentrifugation experiments has been established.