Heteroalbumoses
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Heteroalbumoses are a group of albumoses characterized by specific precipitation properties, such as a nitric acid precipitate that dissolves upon heating and precipitation upon dialysis. In this 1930s Soviet medical encyclopedia article, it is noted that classifying them as a separate group is largely artificial due to the lack of chemical characterization data.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
HETEROALBUMOSES, a group of albumoses (see), characterized by certain peculiarities regarding precipitability: the precipitate from HNO3 dissolves upon heating (similarity to histones and Bence-Jones protein); they precipitate upon dialysis of their solutions; half-saturation with sodium chloride causes heteroalbumoses to precipitate only in an acidic reaction. They do not give the Molisch and Millon reactions. The separation of heteroalbumoses into a special group, since there are no data for their chemical characterization, appears to be largely artificial.
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“Heteroalbumoses.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/heteroalbumoses/