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Gangliosides of bovine optic nerve

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Gangliosides from bovine optic nerve were analyzed. The optic nerve contained 129, 98, 97, 80, 31 and 12 μg of GM1, GD1a, GD1b, GT1b, GD3 and GQ1 gangliosides, respectively, per g of tissue wet wt. These 6 gangliosides altogether contributed 97% of the total sialic acid. GM3 and GM2 gangliosides contributed the remaining 3% of total sialic acid. Stearoyl (18∶0) was the predominant acyl group (61–76%) in all gangliosides. There was a marked variation in acyl group composition between GT1 and most of the other major gangliosides except GD3. In comparison to the other gangliosides, GT1 contained a lower proportion of the stearoyl group and a higher proportion of the oleoyl, nervonoyl and the long chain acyl groups. Both GT1 and GD3 gangliosides contained proportionately higher levels of long chain acyl groups (20∶0→24∶0) than did other gangliosides. GD3 gangliosides showed 2 bands on thin layer chromatography, and the upper band was more distinct than the lower band.

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Das, S.K., McCullough, M.S. Gangliosides of bovine optic nerve. Lipids 15, 932–937 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02534417

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