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“Addition of 20 mM N-acetylmannosamine in place of glucosamine resulted in amarked increase in free sialic acid in both the patient andthe control, i.e., increases of 157 (from 95 to 252) and 120(from 3 to 123) nmol/mg protein, respectively.”
“Glucose, mannose, fructose, and glucosamine strongly inhibited the transport of these amino‐acetylated sugars and GlcNAc and ManNAc strongly affected ManNAc and GlcNAc uptake, respectively.”