Partially methylated galactans containing different proportions of 3-O-methyl-galactose from Pleurotus citrinopileatus.
Carbohydr Res
; 458-459: 29-34, 2018 Mar 22.
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ABSTRACT
Pleurotus citrinopileatus, popularly known as "golden oyster mushroom" have medicinal properties, which are attributed mainly to the presence of bioactive polysaccharides. In this work, two partially 3-O-methylated galactans were isolated from the fruiting bodies of this fungus, via successive aqueous extraction, followed by fractionation by freeze-thawing, and precipitation of soluble material with Fehling solution. The structural assignments were carried out using mono- and bidimensional NMR spectroscopy, monosaccharide composition, and methylation analyses. The polysaccharides were characterized as linear, partially 3-O-methylated (1â¯ââ¯6)-linked α-galactopyranans, containing only Gal and 3-O-Me-Gal, in 21 and 11 molar ratios, with molar masses of 37.6â¯×â¯103â¯g/mol and 28.5â¯×â¯103â¯g/mol, respectively. Similar structures have been described for other Pleurotus spp., but showing a lower content of 3-O-Me-Gal.
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Polissacarídeos
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Pleurotus
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Galactanos
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2018
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