COMPOSITION OF EPIPHYSEAL CARTILAGE: II. DIFFERENCES IN COMPOSITION OF EPIPHYSEAL AND ARTICULAR CARTILAGE OF RACHITIC CHICKS
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology
- Vol. 40 (1) , 65-68
- https://doi.org/10.1139/o62-010
Abstract
The results of comparative analyses of epiphyseal and articular cartilages from the tibiae of rachitic chicks indicate a relationship between the amounts of mucopolysaccharides and of mineral constituents of these tissues, as evidenced by significantly close epiphyseal/articular ratios of hexosamine, uronic acids, and ash values. While the amount of collagen appears to be higher in articular cartilage, the amounts of mucopolysaccharide constituents, hexosamines and uronic acids, and of ash are greater in the epiphyseal cartilage.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: