Talk:Ovalbumin

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Medicinal characteristics[edit]

Where does this information about the supposed medicinal characteristics of ovalbumin come from? I spent quite a bit of time researching this and couldn't find anything to verify these claims. Furthermore it could be dangerous if someone with heavy metal poisoning followed this advice and didn't seek further medical assistance. Juicy-one 03:17, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a site that says that ovalbumin binds to Copper and Zinc: [1]. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bibliomaniac15 (talk • contribs) 05:29, 8 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I wrote that portion of the article, it comes directly out of my medical school textbook "Medical Biochemistry, Baynes + Dominiczak, 2nd edition, p59" AStudent 11:53, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"it could be dangerous if someone with heavy metal poisoning followed this advice [...]" - Wikipedia should be informative, not an idiot's guide to life. Icek 00:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other Sources[edit]

I read elsewhere that milk also contains significant amounts of ovalbumin. Anyone able to verify this? I'm not confident adding it based on an internet reference. Morgrim (talk) 01:05, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your source has probably confused ovalbumin with casein, which is the main protein in milk. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.111.112.76 (talk) 00:01, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The name of the whey protein you are looking for is lactalbumin, the mammals' variant of albumin. --Ayacop (talk) 15:44, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting information[edit]

There is a table listing the % of the proteins in egg whites on the egg whites page(Egg_white) which lists ovalbumin as 54%. That listing links directly to this article. In the very first sentence of this article it states ovalbumin as "60-65% of the total protein" in egg whites. It's not a huge difference, but because of the link, it stands out and is easily noticed.

I'm not sure which is correct, but if the % table is incorrect, it will change the contents of the entire table. So I leave it for someone more qualified than I.

104.51.149.199 (talk) 16:26, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've brought the two articles in line with each other, favouring the textbook over the primary source. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 09:56, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]