Glycosaminoglycan-peptide complexes (GAG-P) and some proteoglycans from long bones, breast muscle, comb, crop, gizzard, heart, infundibulum, intestines, isthmus, kidney, leg muscle, liver, lung, magnum, oesophagus, ovary, pancreas, proventriculus, skin, shell gland, spleen, trachea, vagina, wattle, cecum, egg yolk and adipose tissue of the white leghorn hen were isolated and analysed for constituent units. Techniques of identification included infrared spectroscopy, cellulose acetate electrophoresis, colorimetric reactions, ion-exchange chromatography and scanning electron microscopy. The in vivo incorporation of {('14)C}-glucosamine (GlcN) and {('14)C}-galactosamine (GalN) for 1-, 2-, 120-, and 240-hour periods, and {('14)C}-glucose (Glc) and {('14)C}-galactose (Gal) for a 48-hour period into whole tissues, acetone-extracted tissues and GAG-P were investigated. Radioactivity in excreta was measured. ('14)CO(,2) from the {('14)C}-hexose treated birds was determined. In vitro incorporation of ('14)C from {('14)C}-Glc, {('14)C}-Gal, {('14)C}-GlcN, {('14)C}-GalN, {('14)C}-fructose and {('14)C}N-acetylneuraminic acid were studied.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.77092 |
| Date | January 1981 |
| Creators | Stephens, Christian A. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Physics) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000593885, proquestno: AAINK52136, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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