Method of precipitating proteins from aqueous media with a polyhydroxy polycarboxylic acid
US5453493A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08F2810/50
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
There is provided water insoluble cross-linked polyhydroxy polycarboxylic acid having at least two strands each having a strand skeleton of the formula: ##STR1## wherein one carbonyl group of at least one maleoyl moiety thereof in each strand is covalently linked to a EQU --HN.[(H).sub.p (CH).sub.z.(OH).sub.m ].NH-- moiety to provide the presence therein of at least one cross linking moiety of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R is hydrogen or lower alkylene or lower alkoxy of 1-4 carbon atoms, or phenyl, z is an integer of 1-4, p is 0 or an integer up to z-1, m is 1 or an integer up to z, wherein the ratio of cross-links to poly (alkylene carbonic acid) strands is between about 1 and about 200 to 2. There is disclosed a method of making such polyhydroxy polycarboxylic acid as well as methods of utilizing same to remove proteins from aqueous media containing same to provide a matrix. Methods are disclosed for recovering proteins from said matrix without denaturing them and methods for recovering the polyhydroxy polycarboxylic acid from said matrix.
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