Amino acid and glycosaminoglycan composition of epiphyseal cartilage of neonate and osteoporotic lambs.
The epiphyseal plates of neonate and healthy or osteoporotic 60-day-old lambs were analyzed chemically. Uronic acid was higher in 60-day-old healthy lamb than in neonates but galactosamine was higher in neonates than in 60-day-old healthy lambs. Fourteen of the 17 amino acids identified in the epiphyseal cartilage were higher or had a tendency to be higher in 60-day-old healthy lambs than in neonates. Lower levels of uronic acid were noted in 60-day-old osteoportic lambs than in healthy lambs of the same age.
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002356:Cartilage / Q000032:analysis*; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000032:analysis*; D006595:Hexosamines / Q000032:analysis; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012756:Sheep; D014574:Uronic Acids / Q000032:analysis
D000596:Amino Acids; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D006595:Hexosamines; D014574:Uronic Acids