Composition of human cerebrospinal fluid cerebroside
A technique was developed to isolate sufficient material for compositional analysis of cerebroside from pooled human cerebrospinal fluid. The carbohydrate moiety was principally galactose. The sphingosine base and fatty acid compositions were found to be similar to that of brain cerebroside. The pre...
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author | YOSHITAKA NAGAI JULIAN N. KANFERS |
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description | A technique was developed to isolate sufficient material for compositional analysis of cerebroside from pooled human cerebrospinal fluid. The carbohydrate moiety was principally galactose. The sphingosine base and fatty acid compositions were found to be similar to that of brain cerebroside. The presence of a contaminant in commercial silica gel which chromatographed like the trimethylsilyl derivative of glucose is described. |
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spelling | doaj.art-18de6e20dea44b99a0598d0ed4a759f02022-12-21T21:30:22ZengElsevierJournal of Lipid Research0022-22751971-03-01122143148Composition of human cerebrospinal fluid cerebrosideYOSHITAKA NAGAI0JULIAN N. KANFERS1Neurology Research and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114Neurology Research and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114A technique was developed to isolate sufficient material for compositional analysis of cerebroside from pooled human cerebrospinal fluid. The carbohydrate moiety was principally galactose. The sphingosine base and fatty acid compositions were found to be similar to that of brain cerebroside. The presence of a contaminant in commercial silica gel which chromatographed like the trimethylsilyl derivative of glucose is described.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520395237sphingolipid isolation |
spellingShingle | YOSHITAKA NAGAI JULIAN N. KANFERS Composition of human cerebrospinal fluid cerebroside Journal of Lipid Research sphingolipid isolation |
title | Composition of human cerebrospinal fluid cerebroside |
title_full | Composition of human cerebrospinal fluid cerebroside |
title_fullStr | Composition of human cerebrospinal fluid cerebroside |
title_full_unstemmed | Composition of human cerebrospinal fluid cerebroside |
title_short | Composition of human cerebrospinal fluid cerebroside |
title_sort | composition of human cerebrospinal fluid cerebroside |
topic | sphingolipid isolation |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520395237 |
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