Toxalbumins
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Toxalbumins are substances of albuminous nature of microbial, plant, and animal origin that possess toxic properties. While historical researchers attempted to isolate them from bacterial toxins, the protein nature of toxins remained unresolved at the time, and the term has become rarely used.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
TOXALBUMINS, substances of albuminous nature of microbial, plant, and animal origin, possessing toxic properties. Some authors expressed the opinion regarding the albuminous nature of certain bacterial toxins and proposed various methods for obtaining toxalbumins (Brieger und Frankel, Wassermann und Proskauer, Brieger und Boer, and others). However, the question of the protein nature of toxins has not yet been resolved. At present, the term toxalbumins is rarely used.
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“Toxalbumins.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/toxalbumins/