“…Recent investigations of the polymorphism of a1-acid glycoprotein demonstrated that this blood globulin may resolve on starch gel electrophoresis in five, six, seven, or eight bands depending on the individual from whom the glycoprotein was derived (1). However, it was noted earlier that pooled a,-acid glycoprotein from which the sialic acid had been split off enzymatically exhibited only two main bands (2).…”