Isolation, Purification and Characterization of Lactoferrin from Goat Colostrum Whey

Authors

  • Zainab H. Abbas College of Agriculture, Karbala University, Karbala, Iraq
  • Kifah S. Doosh College of Agriculture, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Nahi Y. Yaseen Iraqi Center for Cancer and Medical Genetic Research, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2015.517.523

Keywords:

Characterization, goat colostrum, isolation, lactoferrin, purification

Abstract

Lactoferrin is an important protein in many biological applications as a potential cancer treatment agent. In this study, lactoferrin was purified from goat colostrum by ion exchange chromatography through CM-Sephadex C-50 column and gel filtration chromatography through Sephadex G-200 column. The purification fold and yield were (20.83 time and 62.50%) respectively. The purity of lactoferrin to homogeneity was examined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under denaturing conditions (SDS-PAGE) with single bond. Some biochemical characteristics of the purified Lactoferrin were determined, The molecular weight of LF were 80 and 79.50kDa as determined by gel filtration and SDS-PAGE respectively . The percentage of carbohydrate content in goat Lactoferrin was 10.4%, mean while the Iron percentage was 123 ppm and as a saturated percent 7.8%.

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15.07.2015

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Abbas, Z. H., Doosh, K. S., & Yaseen, N. Y. (2015). Isolation, Purification and Characterization of Lactoferrin from Goat Colostrum Whey. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 14(8), 517–523. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2015.517.523