Some Phosphorus Compounds of Milk. III

THE name "dephosphorised caseinogen" was given by Rimington and Kay [1926] to the protein produced from caseinogen by the action of 0-25 N sodium hydroxide for 24 hours at 37. This substance contains only minimal amounts of phosphorus but in other respects does not differ greatly from caseinogen. Preliminary experiments indicated, however, that dephosphorised caseinogen possesses a low nitrogen content, values lying between 11.1 % and 131 % beingfound for samples prepared from different brands of commercial" casein,"