| abstract |
Pepsin-decomposed gelatin that has a weight averagenmolecular weight of 3,500 - 20,000 as measured by gelnpermeation high-performance liquid chromatography and whichnexhibits a separation pattern having characteristic bands atn15 kd, 17 kd, 36 kd, and 60 kd in SDS-polyacrylamidenelectrophoresis. The gelatin is useful as a stabilizer fornmedicines, food, cosmetics, notably for injectable tracenprotein substances such as vaccines. |