The studies presented in this monograph concentrate on the glycoconjugate characterization of the mouse and human GALT and on the overlying follicle-associated epithelium (FAE), in order to identify their cell-specific carbohydrate residues.

None of the clay minerals was found to be dominating in either silt or clay fractions. Both the fractions showed the presence of mixture of minerals namely mica, smectite, kaolinite and vermiculite. The presence of smectite and vermiculite amidst ubiquitous presence of mica indicates that mica might have weathered to give rise to smectite and vermiculite. In view of incipient development of soils in the Aravali sediments and also the similar kind of minerals throughout the profiles was suggested that the minerals present were not formed during the post deposition period of the soil formation....