1. Editorial

   • Alan Chester

   EditorialNotes Pages: 417 - 417

2. The nomenclature of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans

   • John E. Scott

   Guest Editorial Pages: 419 - 421

3. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 423 - 423

4. A structural study of the asparagine-linked oligosaccharide moiety of duck ovomucoid

   • Noriko Takahashi
   • Tsukasa Matsuda
   • Ryo Nakamura

   Papers Pages: 425 - 434

5. Depolymerization of hyaluronan by sonication

   • Kohmei Kubo
   • Toshiya Nakamura
   • Masahiko Endo

   Papers Pages: 435 - 439

6. ¹H-NMR study on ganglioside amide protons: evidence that the deuterium exchange kinetics are affected by the preparation of samples

   • Paola Brocca
   • Domenico Acquotti
   • Sandro Sonnino

   Papers Pages: 441 - 446

7. Action of α-l-fucoside fromOctopus vulgaris hepatopancreas on phospholipid vesicles containing the fucosylated ganglioside FucGM1

   • A. Giuliani
   • P. Palestini
   • M. Masserini

   Papers Pages: 447 - 452

8. The growth promoter spermine interacts specifically with dermatan sulfate regions that are rich inl-iduronic acid and possess antiproliferative activity

   • Mattias Belting
   • Lars-Åke Fransson

   Papers Pages: 453 - 460

9. Synthesis of oligosaccharides with oligoethylene glycolspacers and their conversion into glycoconjugates usingN,N,N ^′ ,N ^′ -tetramethyl(succinimido)u roniu mtetrafluoroborate as coupling reagent

   • Mats Andersson
   • Stefan Oscarson
   • Liselotte Öhberg

   Erratum Pages: 461 - 465

10. Erratum

    Erratum Pages: 466 - 466