IN 1963 Partridge, Elsden and Thomas 1 reported the isolation of two new amino-acids named desmosino and isodesmosine from bovine ligamentum nuchae elastin. Since then the presence of these ...
THE aorta consists of elastin, collagen and a number of other proteins; it also contains about 2 per cent of carbohydrate 1. Elastin is usually isolated from aorta or ligamentum nuchæ by treatment ...