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Table 1 Steps of purification and percent yield of enterocin 12a purified from E. faecium 12a

From: Anticancer and antimicrobial potential of enterocin 12a from Enterococcus faecium

Purification step

Total volume (ml)

Activity

(AU/ml)

Total activitya

Total Protein

(mg)

Specific

activityb

Fold-Increase in the specific activity

Percent Yield

CS

1000

68,266

6.8× 107

625

108,800

1

100

Ammonium sulphate ppt.

200

136,528

2.7×107

215

125,581

1.15

39.7

Cation-exchange fraction

30

273,056

8.1× 106

33

245,455

2.26

11.9

Reverse-phase chromatography

2

546,112

1.1×106

1

1,100,000

10.11

1.6

  1. aTotal activity= Activity × Total volume of sample
  2. bSpecific activity = Total activity/ Total protein