Table 1.

Purification of Mo-CBP₂.

Purification stepsa	Total protein (mg)b	Yield (%)c
Crude extract	205.41 ± 2.55	100
Albumin	112.45 ± 3.00	54.7
Chitin chromatography	47.57 ± 5.46	23.2
CM-Sepharose chromatography (Mo-CBP2)	0.32 ± 0.02	0.2

Results are the mean ± standard deviation of six similar runs. ^aPurification steps are described in Materials and Methods. ^bTotal amount of protein recovered from 1 g of defatted flour from M. oleifera seeds. ^cProtein recovery at each purification step (crude extract, 100%).