Determination of amino sugars in mixtures containing glucosamine, galactosamine and muramic acid
- 1 August 1968
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 109 (1), 13-18
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1090013
Abstract
A colorimetric method is described whereby the direct quantitative determination of glucosamine, galactosamine and muramic acid can be achieved without previous treatment of the cell-wall hydrolysate, for example by column chromatography. Molar ratios of hexosamines in cell-wall preparations, from a number of bacterial species, determined by this method were found to be in general agreement with previously published results.Keywords
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