抄録
The nature of neutral sugar components of the corbicula glycolipid, GL-3, eluted with chloroform-methanol (1:1v/v) from the silicic acid column was investigated. A new sugar which has not been detected in glycolipids was found to be a component of the corbicula glycoliyid and was identified to be 4-O-methylgalactose by gas chromato-graphy.
The author acknowledges the valuable discussions and suggestions of Prof. T. Hori of this laboratory and Prof. T. Yamakawa, University of Tokyo, during the course of this investigation. The author also wishes to express his thanks to Prof. S. Hirase, Kyoto Technical University, for the gift of 2-O-, 4-O- and 6-O-methylgalactose.
