Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Infra-Red Spectra of Carbohydrate Sulphate Esters

Abstract

IN recent years considerable interest has been expressed in the use of infra-red spectroscopy in studies on the location of the ester sulphate group in the isomeric chondroitin sulphuric acids, A, B, and C. Although Orr's1 original assignment of bands in the 700–1,000 cm.−1 region of spectra of sulphated mucopolysaccharides has been criticized2, his views have recently received further support from the work of Mathews3, and Meyer and co-authors4.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Orr, S. F. D., Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 14, 173 (1954).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Naganishi, K., Takahashi, N., and Egami, F., Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 29, 434 (1956).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Mathews, M. B., Nature, 181, 421 (1958).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Hoffman, P., Linker, A., and Meyer, K., Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 20, 184 (1958).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Kantor, T. G., and Schubert, M., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 79, 152 (1956).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Dodgson, K. S., and Lloyd, A. G., Biochem. J., 68, 88 (1958).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Lloyd, A. G., Nature, 183, 109 (1959).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Thannhauser, S. J., Fellig, J., and Schmidt, G., J. Biol. Chem., 215, 211 (1955).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Jeanloz, R. W., Stoffyn, P. J., and Tremege, M., Fed. Proc., 16, 201 (1957). Jeanloz, R. W., and Stoffyn, P. J., ibid., 17, 249 (1958).

    Google Scholar 

  10. Buchanan, J., Percival, E. E., and Percival, E. G. V., J. Chem. Soc., 51 (1943). Dewar, E. T., and Percival, E. G. V., J. Chem. Soc., 1622 (1947).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

LLOYD, A., DODGSON, K. Infra-Red Spectra of Carbohydrate Sulphate Esters. Nature 184, 548–549 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184548a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/184548a0

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing