α-Lactalbumin precipitation from commercial whey protein concentrates

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 446-453

  Eugenia Lucena, M ^a   Alvarez, Silvia ^b   Menéndez, Carlos ^c   Riera, Francisco A ^d   Alvarez, Ricardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lactalbumin; Protein precipitation; Whey protein concentrates (WPCs)

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CALCIUM ION COMPLEXATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PROTEIN PRECIPITATION; WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATES (WPC);

PROTEINS;

EID: 33751325342     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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