On Ovomucoid

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Abstract
The carbohydrate content of the ovomucoid molecule, calculated as glucose, appears to be on an average 11.5%, but there is a definite trend upwards as development proceeds, only 7.4% being present on the 5th day but as much as 15.4% on the 18th. An enzyme which hydrolyzes ovomucoid appears to exist in the yolk and the yolk-sac of the hen''s egg on the 5th day of development, possibly also in the white and the blastoderm but not in the embryo. Utilization of ovomucoid by the embryo probably consists in a regular passage of ovomucoid into the yolk, where it is hydrolyzed before being absorbed through the vitelline veins.

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