β-D-(1→4), β-D-(1→3) 'mixed linkage' xylans from red seaweeds of the order Nemaliales and Palmariales

Autor: Adriano G. Viana, Maria Eugênia R. Duarte, Alberto S. Cerezo, Alan G. Gonçalves, María C. Matulewicz, Miguel D. Noseda, Nair Yokoya
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Carbohydrate research. 346(8)
ISSN: 1873-426X
Popis: Xylans from five seaweeds belonging to the order Nemaliales ( Galaxaura marginata , Galaxaura obtusata , Tricleocarpa cylindrica , Tricleocarpa fragilis, and Scinaia halliae ) and one of the order Palmariales ( Palmaria palmata ) collected on the Brazilian coasts were extracted with hot water and purified from acid xylomannans and/or xylogalactans through Cetavlon precipitation of the acid polysaccharides. The β- d -(1→4), β- d -(1→3) ‘mixed linkage’ structures were determined using methylation analysis and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. The presence of large sequences of β-(1→4)-linked units suggests transient aggregates of ribbon- or helical-ordered structures that would explain the low optical rotations.
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