1979 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 273-277
A study has been made on the glycosaminoglycans in the human greater omentum. The uronic acid content of the greater omentum fell within the range 617-1, 285μg/g of dry tissue.
Electrophoresis on cellulose acetatate strip of concentrates of the extract in barbital buffer revealed the presence of three alcian blue-positive bands, numbered in the order of increasing electrophoretic mobility, fraction I, fraction II and fraction III; that is, fraction I corresponded in mobility to hyaluronic acid, fraction II to heparan sulfate, and fraction III to chondroitin-4-sulfate, dermatan sulfate and chondroitin-6-sulfate, respectively. The relative proportions of the fraction I, II and III were approximately 32%, 30% and 38% of thd total amount of the glycosaminoglycans, respectively.
