Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS:
Carbohydrate analyses indicate that the primary sugar present in p-GlcNAc is N-acetyl glucosamine. Elemental analyses yield percentage values for carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen that support that the polymer is fully acetylated. Molecular weight determinations indicate that the polymer has a molecular weight of 2.0 x 10(6) Da. Fourier transform infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance, and circular dichroism spectral data have defined a unique tertiary structure. Biologic testing demonstrated that p-GlcNAc materials are fully biocompatible. CONCLUSION: The p-GlcNAc fiber has a unique beta-tertiary structure.
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Authors | John N Vournakis, Marina Demcheva, Anne Whitson, Radu Guirca, Ernst R Pariser |
Journal | The Journal of trauma
(J Trauma)
Vol. 57
Issue 1 Suppl
Pg. S2-6
(Jul 2004)
ISSN: 0022-5282 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15280743
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Carbohydrates
- Gels
- Hemostatics
- poly-N-acetyl glucosamine
- Chitin
- Chitosan
- Acetylglucosamine
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Topics |
- Acetylglucosamine
(chemistry, isolation & purification, therapeutic use)
- Carbohydrates
(analysis)
- Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
- Chitin
(analogs & derivatives, chemistry, isolation & purification)
- Chitosan
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Circular Dichroism
- Diatoms
(chemistry, isolation & purification)
- Gels
- Hemostasis, Surgical
(methods)
- Hemostatics
(chemistry, isolation & purification, therapeutic use)
- Humans
- Materials Testing
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microspheres
- Molecular Weight
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
- Viscosity
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