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AMINO-SUGARS, important constituents of various mucopolysaccharides and glycoproteins, are widespread in Nature. Their occurrence, chemistry and biological role have formed the subject of several reviews in the past twenty years1.
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PUSZTAI, A. Hexosamines in the Seeds of Higher Plants (Spermatophytes). Nature 201, 1328–1329 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011328b0
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