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Mucopolysaccharides, Water and Electrolytes of Human Fetal Organs

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A group of long chin heteroglycans or heteropolysaccharides consisting of N-acetylhexosamine, hexuronic acid or hexose as repeating units, occurring in animal tissues, is termed “Mucopolysaccharide” (MPS). Some of these polysaccharides are also polyelectrolytes, behaving as polyanionic substances due to the presence of free carboxylic (--COO−) and sulphate (--SO3 =) groups. Such acidic mucopolysaccharides (AMPS) mainly occur in connective tissues and universally contain acetylated hexosamine. Jeanloz [1]; termed these MPS as Glycosaminoglycans (GAG) (Fig. 8.1).

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  1. Former Biochemist Central Calcutta Society for Advancement of Human Development and Research, Kolkata, 700040, India

    Chameli Ganguly MSc, PhD

  2. Formerly, Department of Biochemistry, National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, 700040, India

    Gitanjaly Guha Thakurata MSc, PhD (Cal)

  3. Former Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700015, India

    K. L. Mukherjee MB, PhD (Cal), PhD (Wisconsin)

  4. Dr. Subhas Mukherjee, Chair Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Translational Science, Director General of the Public Cord Blood Bank and Convener of Bidhan Chandra Roy Biorepository, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Niranjan Bhattacharya Dsc, MD, MS, FSOG, FICS, FACS

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Ganguly, C., Thakurata, G.G., Mukherjee, K.L., Bhattacharya, N. (2016). Mucopolysaccharides, Water and Electrolytes of Human Fetal Organs. In: Bhattacharya, N., Stubblefield, P. (eds) Human Fetal Growth and Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14874-8_8

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