title: The chemistry of human neonatal femoral epiphyseal cartilage.
abstract: The estimation of cartilage constituents such as hydroxyproline and hexosamine may be used to detect gross changes in the total amount of collagen and matrix. This simple approach, which can only be regarded as a "screening" procedure prior to more exhaustive analysis, has been applied to samples of neonatal human cartilage. It is suggested that this method would be useful in analysis cartilage biopsies, especially from patients with bone dysplasias.
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D002356:Cartilage / Q000032:analysis*; D005688:Galactosamine / Q000032:analysis; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006909:Hydroxyproline / Q000032:analysis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008274:Magnesium / Q000032:analysis; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D014574:Uronic Acids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012794:Sialic Acids; D014574:Uronic Acids; D005688:Galactosamine; D008274:Magnesium; D005944:Glucosamine; D006909:Hydroxyproline; D002118:Calcium