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Paper Chromatography of Hexosamines and N-Acetylhexosamines

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AN improved method, of paper ehromatography has been used, to aid the separation of galactosamine hydrochloride from other hexosamine hydrochlorides in acid hydrolysates of chondroitin sulphate and to investigate the isomerization of N-acetylgalactosamine in alkaline conditions.

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HEYWORTH, R., PERKINS, H. & WALKER, P. Paper Chromatography of Hexosamines and N-Acetylhexosamines. Nature 190, 261–262 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190261a0

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