“…The adsorption was run with shaking at room temperature, and lasted 1 h. At the end of the reaction, mixtures were centrifuged (7000g, 10 min), and the supernatants were concentrated in vacuo and lyophilized. The dry residues were washed with diethyl ether three times to remove lypophilic compounds, dissolved in 2 ml of borate buffer (0.05 N solution of sodium tetraborate, pH 11,0), and applied to a column of Sephadex G-25, modified with cupric hydroxide (Fazakerley and Best, 1965). The method allows separation of peptides, as copper chelates, from the mixture of peptides and amino acids.…”