The hydrolysis of fats in vitro by means of steapsin

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A few months ago, one of us (J. L.) stated that he had made a series of experiments in which lipase was allowed to act on cotton­ seed oil, and that he had only been able to obtain hydrolysis amounting to 3 per cent. Dr. Macleod then suggested that it would be of considerable interest to ascertain the extent to which steapsin could carry the hydrolysis under the same conditions. We, therefore, decided to investigate this question conjointly, and we are now in a position toshow beyond doubt that steapsin is capable of hydrolysing (saponifying), fats outside the organism to a very great extent.

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