We used thiophilic chromatography on T-gel, a resin of the structure a
garose-O-CH2CH2SO2CH2 CH2SCH2CH2OH, to purify immunoglobulin G from ''
sweet'' cheese whey. The purity of immunoglobulin G, as indicated by r
adial immunodiffusion, was 74% after a single chromatography on T-gel.
Preparation of samples for adsorption onto thiophilic gels requires o
nly the addition of salt (sodium/potassium sulfate) to the samples. Th
us, this method may be suitable for large-scale whey IgG isolation.