title: Glycosaminoglycans from chicken muscular stomach or gizzard.
abstract: Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) were prepared from the muscular stomach or gizzard of the chicken. The content of GAGs on a dry weight basis contains 0.4 wt.% a typical value observed for a muscle tissue. The major GAG components were chondroitin-6-sulfate and chondroitin-4-sulfate (~64 %) of molecular weight 21-22 kDa. Hyaluronan (~24 %) had a molecular weight 120 kDa. Smaller amounts (12 %) of heparan sulfate was also present which was made of more highly sulfated chains of molecular weight of 21-22 kDa and a less sulfated low molecular weight (< 10 kDa) heterogeneous partially degraded heparan sulfate. Chicken gizzard represents an inexpensive and readily available source of muscle tissue-derived GAGs.
authors.affiliation: College of Food and Pharmacy, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316022, China. mojojo1984@163.com.
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 12180, USA.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 12180, USA.
authors.forename: Yanlei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 12180, USA.
authors.forename: Fuming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 12180, USA. linhar@rpi.edu.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Linhardt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000032:analysis; D005895:Gizzard, Avian / Q000737:chemistry*; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000737:chemistry*; D006497:Heparan Sulfate / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D006497:Heparan Sulfate
keywords: Chicken gizzard; Chondroitin sulfate; Compositional analysis; Glycosaminoglycans; Heparan sulfate; Hyaluranan