Chinese Journal of Physiology

NON-PROTEIN SUBSTANCES FROM PROTEINS 77

TABLE 1. Liberation of non-protein chromogenic substances from egg albumin

Mg ‘‘tyrosine”’ per 100 mg albumin

Chromogenic Chromogenic Ee substances pH substances 1.4 0.179 | 6.3 0.125 1.9 0,164 6.7 0.124 3.2 0.123 7.2 0.123 4.0 0.132 8.0 0.164 43 0.125 8.3 0.180 4.5 0.123 9.4 0.191 5.1 0.105 10.3 0,225 5.5 0.112 . 11.3 0.293 5.8 0.110 Control 0.103

Me “tyrosine” per100 mg albumin

bs

pH of solutions

Tig. 1. Liberation of non-protein chromogenic substances on denaturation

and coagulation of egg albumin.