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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019968603321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation Symposium on the Chemistry and Biology of Mucopolysaccharides / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., [1958]

ISBN

9786613679390

9781280768620

1280768622

9780470719060

0470719060

9780470716533

0470716533

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposia

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

547/.782

Soggetti

Polysaccharides

Biochemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF MUCOPOLY SACCHARIDES; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; General chemistry of the mucopolysaccharides; Discussion; Physicochemical studies on hyaluronic acids; Discussion; Immunochemical approaches to polysaccharide and mucopolysaccharide structure; Discussion; Biosynthesis of mucopolysaccharides : the uridine nucleo- tides of Group A streptococci; Discussion; Sulphated galactosamine-containing mucopolysaccharides; Discussion; The presence in cartilage of a complex containing chon-droitin sulphate combined with a non-collagenous protein; Discussion

The neutral heteropolysaccharides in connective tissueDiscussion; N-containing saccharides in human milk; Discussion; The pharmacological effects of polysaccharides; Discussion; Mucopolysaccharides of Gram-negative bacteria: newer chemical and biological aspects; Discussion;



Mucopolysaccharides associated with blood group speci-ficity; Discussion; Blood group active substances of plant origin; Discussion; Mucopolysaccharides of epithelial mucus; Glycoproteins of plasma; Discussion; Colloidal properties of urinary mucopolysaccharides; Discussion

The prosthetic group of some mucoproteins and its re- lationship to influenza virusNeuraminic acid; Discussion; General Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.