FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (7): 48-53.

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Purification of Lactoferrin from Bovine Colostrum with Strong Cation Exchange Chromatography on Pilot Scale

 LU  Rong-Rong, XU  Shi-Ying, WANG  Zhang, YANG  Rui-Jin   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; 2.School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
  • Online:2007-07-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: A stepwise procedure for purification of lactoferrin (LF) extracted from bovine colostrum by ion exchange chromatography on a pilot scale was investigated. SP Sepharose Fast Flow (SP Sepharose FF) of excellent absorption speciality for LF, was chosen as the ion exchanger with elution rate of 2 L/h. 0.5 mol/L NaCl aqueous solution was used to elute the secretory immunoglobulin A and lactoperoxidase. Then, lactoferrin was eluted with 1.0 mol/L NaCl aqueous buffer. Lactoferrin fraction is shown as a single band in SDS-PAGE with molecular weight of 80400 Da. The isoelectric point of lactoferrin is 8.65 determined by isoelectric focusing. The purity of refined LF on pilot production is 94.20% with a yield of 75.45%.

Key words: lactoferrin, purification, strong cation exchange chromatography, pilot scale