Abstract
| - Peanut proteins have been extensively characterized by employingconventional methods such aslow-pressure column chromatography, high-performance liquidchromatography, and polyacrylamidegel electrophoresis. However, these methods are tedious andtime-consuming and require largeamounts of sample. In this study an attempt was made to test thesuitability of capillaryelectrophoresis (CE) for resolving peanut proteins. Proteins andpeptides were extracted from seeds,leaves, and cell cultures of peanut and resolved on a fused-silicacapillary column using a UV detector.The CE separated peanut proteins into several major and minorcomponents and required no majorsample preparation steps. The data were consistent andreproducible. The results showed thatCE is well suitable for obtaining excellent resolution of peanutproteins and peptides. Keywords: Callus; capillary electrophoresis; leaves; peanut; peptides;protein
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