The ‘Lorenzan sulphates’. A new group of vertebrate mucopolysaccharides
- 1 May 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 103 (2) , 325-330
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1030325
Abstract
The mucopolysaccharide from the glands of Lorenzini of Squalus acanthias was isolated and purified. The material is a sulfated polysaccharide containing glucosa-mine, galactosamine, galactose and traces of an uronic acid. This vertebrate polysaccharide is unusual in appearing to have both amino sugars present in the molecule. The amino sugars are N-acetylated. This molecule is one of a group of related mucopolysaccharides which vary in composition with the animal species. The generic name "lorenzan sulphates" is suggested to describe these substances.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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