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When serum from a pregnant goat or a simple<br />

alkaline extrAct of placental cotyLedons hras f,ractionated<br />

on Sephadex G-100r J.actogenic and GH-like activities<br />

eluted lvíth a rBolecuLar weight of 20¡000 to 22:OOO.<br />

More recently, crissom et al (I9?Z) reported that<br />

they have purified caprine placental 1actogen from goat<br />

placentas. They found thatcpt has an isoelectric<br />

point of 6.4 and it.s molecular Weight estimatêd by<br />

gel-filtration was 22,OOO daltons. The amino acid<br />

conposition of cPL resembles that of ovine and bovine<br />

placental Lactogens. Furthermore, cpl, is as potent as<br />

ovine prolactin when tested in the radioreceptorassay<br />

for prolactin.

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