Separation by carrier mediated transport
US5167824A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 14, 1990 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/537
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed are processes and apparatus for separating a desired solute, such as an optically active isomer, from a complex mixture using carrier facilitated transport in an immobilized liquid membrane or carrier facilitated solvent extraction. The carrier is a binding protein selected and/or engineered to immunochemically reversibly bind to the solute and to have a significant solubility in the extracting solvent or immobilized liquid membrane.
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