The Sulfated Mucopolysaccharides from Human Umbilical Cord
I. Danishefsky 1 and A. Bella Jr. 1
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1 From the Department of Biochemistry, New York Medical College, New York, New York 10029
Umbilical cord was shown to contain chondroitin sulfate B and a small amount of glucosamine-containing sulfated mucopolysaccharide, in addition to hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate C.
All of the hyaluronic acid and part of the chondroitin sulfate C could be extracted directly with dilute sodium chloride; the rest of the chondroitin sulfate C and the chondroitin sulfate B were released only after digestion with proteolytic enzymes.
Submitted on July 9, 1965