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Water-Soluble Galactomannan from the Seed of Ground Honeysuckle (Lotus corniculatus L.): Structure and Properties

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Galactomannan, a water-soluble heteropolysaccharide, was isolated from the seed of a Far Eastern population of the ground honeysuckle Lotus corniculatus L. (yield, 1.65%). Analysis of this galactomannan showed that it consists of D-mannose and D-galactose residues (molar ratio, 1.22 : 1). Its aqueous solutions were characterized by a specific rotation [α]D= +84.1° and intrinsic viscosity [η] = 559 ml/g. Analysis of this heteropolysaccharide using chemical and enzymatic procedures, as well as IR and 13C NMR spectroscopy, showed that its main chain comprises 1,4-β-D-mannopyranose residues, 95.5% of which are substituted at C-6 with single residues of α-D-galactopyranose.

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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    A. V. Egorov, N. M. Mestechkina & V. D. Shcherbukhin

  2. Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    R. Ya. Plennik

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Egorov, A.V., Mestechkina, N.M., Plennik, R.Y. et al. Water-Soluble Galactomannan from the Seed of Ground Honeysuckle (Lotus corniculatus L.): Structure and Properties. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology 39, 509–511 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025456904955

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