Waugh, Russell James2006-12-282006-12-2819931993http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21342Copies of author's previously published articles inserted.Bibliography: leaves 210-222.xvi, 223 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.Describes the sequencing and analysis of 13 novel peptides using fast atom bombardment mass spectrometric techniques, 6of the peptides (caeridins) were isolated from the Australian frog Litoria caerulea and 7 from Litoria gilleri. Also studies the analytical applicability of negative ion collisional activation mass spectrometry to synthetic dipeptides and tripeptides with varying functional groups in their alpha side chains.357509 bytesapplication/pdfenThesis