Studies on the Xylan from the Red Seaweed Rhodymenia palmata.
- 31 December 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Danish Chemical Society in Acta Chemica Scandinavica
- Vol. 19 (10), 2309-2315
- https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.19-2309
Abstract
Two fractions of the xylan from Rhodymenia palmata (L.) Grev. have been investigated by methylation analysis. In agreement with previous studies both polysaccharides were found to have a linear structure, the chain containing [beta]-(l [forward arrow] 3)- and [beta]-(1 [forward arrow] 4)-linkages. The ratiobetween these linkages of approximately 1: 2 was slightly different in the two samples. One of the xylan fractions was hydrolysed by a specific enzyme and a mixture of a hexasaccharide, two pentasaccharides and two tetrasaccharides, all of which contained one [beta]-(l [forward arrow] 3)-linkage, was isolated and the components were characterized. The significance of these findings, with regard to the structure of the polysaccharides and the specificity of the enzyme, are discussed.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Hydrolysis of the soluble pentosans of wheat flour and Rhodymenia palmata by ruminal micro-organismsBiochemical Journal, 1957