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. 1967 May;103(2):480–482. doi: 10.1042/bj1030480

A simple method for the isolation of adrenal chromaffin granules on a large scale

A D Smith 1, H Winkler 1
PMCID: PMC1270431  PMID: 6032982

Abstract

Highly purified chromaffin granules can be obtained from homogenates of either ox, pig, horse or rat adrenal medullae by ultracentrifugation of the large-granule fraction layered on 1·6m-sucrose solution, by using angle-head rotors. The chromaffin granules are obtained as a pink sediment that is only slightly contaminated by mitochondria and lysosomes.

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