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Sphagnum , heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) and peat samples have been analysed for total ash, crude fats, Kjeldahl nitrogen, cellulose, total reducing substances, reducing sugars and the individual sugars glucose, galactose, arabinose and xylose. Xylose, mannose, fucose and ribose were isolated from a peat hydrolysate and characterised. Fructose and fructose‐containing oligosaccharides were found chromatographically in the fresh Sphagnum. A polysaccharide has been isolated from peat in which glucose is the principal sugar along with mannose, galactose, xylose, an unidentified uronic acid and a trace of rhamnose. The free amino‐acids of Sphagnum and peat, and the amino‐acids in the hydrolysates have been examined chromatographically. Chloroform extraction of Sphagnum gave a sterol fraction resembling ‘β’‐sitosterol.
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