Ciba Foundation symposium on the chemistry and biology of mucopolysaccharides

Content: Chapter 1 Chairman's Opening Remarks (pages 1–3): W. T. J. Morgan Chapter 2 General Chemistry of the Mucopolysaccharides (pages 4–21): M. Stacey Chapter 3 Physicochemical Studies on Hyaluronic Acids (pages 22–41): B. S. Blumberg and A. G. Ogston Chapter 4 Immunochemical Approaches to Polysaccharide and Mucopolysaccharide Structure (pages 42–63): Elvina Kabat Chapter 5 Biosynthesis of Mucopolysaccharides: The Uridine Nucleotides of Group a Streptococci (pages 64–84): Albert Dorfman and J. Anthony Cifonelli Chapter 6 Sulphated Galactosamine?Containing Mucopolysaccharides (pages 85–92): Roger W. Jeanloz, Pierre J. Stoffyn and Monique Tremege Chapter 7 The Presence in Cartilage of a Complex Containing Chondroitin Sulphate Combined with a Non?Collagenous Protein (pages 93–115): S. M. Partridge and H. F. Davis Chapter 8 The Neutral Heteropolysaccharides in Connective Tissue (pages 116–189): Z. Disch, A. Danilczenko and G. Zelmenis Chapter 9 N?Containing Saccharides in Human Milk (pages 140–156): Paul Lgyorgy Chapter 10 The Pharmacological Effects of Polysaccharides (pages 157–186): Rolf Meier Chapter 11 Mucopolysaccharides of Gram?Negative Bacteria: Newer Chemical and Biological Aspects (pages 187–199): Otto Westphal, Otto Luderitz, Erwin Eichenberger and Erwin Neter Chapter 12 Mucopolysaccharides Associated with Blood Group Specificity (pages 200–215): W. T. J. Morgan Chapter 13 Blood Group Active Substances of Plant Origin (pages 216–233): Georg F. Springer Chapter 14 Mucopolysaccharides of Epithelial Mucus (pages 234–244): Lars Odin Chapter 15 Glycoproteins of Plasma (pages 245–266): Richard J. Winzler Chapter 16 Colloidal Properties of Urinary Mucopolysaccharides (pages 268–286): N. F. Maclaga and A. J. Anderso Chapter 17 The Prosthetic Group of Some Mucoproteins and its Relationship to Influenza Virus (pages 287–295): Alfred Gottschalk Chapter 18 Neuraminic Acid (pages 296–313): E. Klenk The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.