THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ULTRAFILTRATION UNIT TO MEASURE THE BINDING OF CERTAIN NITROGEN MUSTARDS TO SERUM PROTEIN

An ultrafiltration unit has been designed, and constructed to contain a 10-ml volume. The unit is leakproof, is self-contained, and can be operated inside a small refrigerator or oven. It has been used with "Visking" cellulose acetate membrane to separate the colloidal protein phase of human blood serum from the aqueous dispersing phase, and to study the distribution of certain nitrogen mustards between these phases. The results indicate that these drugs are adsorbed to the protein to a high degree and that the presence of the benzene rings in the nitrogen mustards is mainly responsible for this adsorption.