title: [Analysis of gangliosides with special reference to milk].
abstract: Gangliosides are sialic acid containing lipid compounds of a very complex nature, which are involved in many physiological processes. Gangliosides are very important constituents of membrane material in animal tissue, where they occur at very low concentrations. Improved analytical procedures are therefore required to study their behaviour, their role in living systems and their isolation for further investigations. In this paper, all analytical methods which may be important in the analysis of gangliosides are summarized and discussed. These include extraction, purification, enrichment and chromatographic procedures. In bovine milk, three gangliosides of known structure are present. Their isolation, structure and analytical importance (buttermilk) are also reported.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Lebensmittelchemie und -technologie der Bergischen Universität, Wuppertal, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dirks
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Reimerdes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000032:analysis*; D008892:Milk / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides
vernacular_title: Analytik von Gangliosiden unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Milch.