“…Cotton protein extraction for proteomics studies has largely been performed using modifications on the traditional phenol extraction method as reported [2,5,7,8,10,11,13,20,22,24,25] and TCA extraction as described by Pang et al [6]. As cotton fiber tissue matures, however, the protein content decreases, the cell wall thickens and interfering content, such as polysaccharides, polyphenolic compounds, pectin, lipids and waxes, is present, which substantially affect downstream proteomic applications [7,46].…”