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Pentasialogangliosides of human brain
Author(s) -
Miller-Podraza Halina,
Månsson Jan-Eric,
Svennerholm Lars
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(91)81036-8
Subject(s) - human brain , yield (engineering) , chemistry , cortex (anatomy) , brain cortex , biochemistry , ganglioside , fraction (chemistry) , brain tissue , cerebellar cortex , chromatography , cerebellum , anatomy , biology , neuroscience , endocrinology , materials science , metallurgy
A pentasialoganglioside fraction of the ganglio series of glycosphingolipids has been isolated from human cerebellar cortex with a yield of 8.8 nmol NeuAc per g fresh tissue. The structural analysis showed that the material was a mixture of GP1b and GP1c gangliosides.