TABLE 1.

Summary of purification of CaHI from red paprika

	Total protein	Total activity	Specific activity	Purification	Yield
	mg	nmol/min	nmol/min mg	-Fold	%
Crude extracta	16,800	647,000	38.3	1.0	100
Phenyl-Sepharose	866	130,000	150	3.92	20.1
Hydroxyapatite	153	98,700	646	16.9	15.3
Mono Q5/5	0.80b	10,000	12,600	328	1.56
Mono Q1.6/5	0.012b	3,840	320,000	8,350	0.59

^a Prepared from 640 g of red paprika pericarp.

^b Protein concentration was estimated using E_{A 280} (0.1% protein) = 1.