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Barry and Dillon1 reported the isolation from the red seaweed Rhodymenia palmata of a polysaccharide which gave D-xylose on hydrolysis. Our special interest in xylans2 has led us to investigate this substance more fully as part of the research programme of the Scottish Seaweed Research Association. Since work on this subject has also been continued in University College, Galway, we have agreed with Prof. T. Dillon to publish a preliminary account of our findings.
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Barry and Dillon, Nature, 146, 620 (1940).
Chanda, Hirst, Jones and Percival, J. Chem. Soc., 1289 (1950).
Meyer and Gürtler, Helv. Chim. Acta, 30, 751 (1947). Boissonnas, ibid., 1703 (1947).
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PERCIVAL, E., CHANDA, S. The Xylan of Rhodymenia palmata. Nature 166, 787–788 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166787b0
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