Abstract
The chemical structure, gel properties and biological activity of the carrageenans isolated from cystocarpic and sterile plants of Chondrus pinnulatus were investigated. The total carrageenan content of the sterile plant was observed to be twice that of the cystocarpic plants. According to data obtained by 13C-NMR and FT IR, the gelling polysaccharides from cystocarpic and sterile plants of C. pinulatus have similar structures and were identified as κ/ι-carrageenans. The difference between these polysaccharides was in the ratio of the κ- and ι-segments, with a predominant content of κ-segments in cystocarpic plants (80%). Moreover, KCl-insoluble fractions possibly contain hetero-disperse µ/v precursor: amounts of this in the polysaccharide from sterile plants were more than that extracted from the cystocarpic plants. The KCl-soluble fractions (non gelling) were λ-carrageenans with another carrageenan type that had a lowamount of 3,6-anhydrogalactose. Carrageenans from cystocarpic stages showed good gelling properties, whereas those from sterile plants formed a very weak gel. Structural differences and molecular weight of carrageenans obviously determine the biological activity of the polysaccharides. Non gelling-carrageenans from both types of C. pinnulatus plants showed high macrophage-phosphatase activity and κ/ι-carrageenan from cystocarpic plant possessed a potent anti-coagulant activity, which was extremely strong in a low concentration of 100µg mL−1.
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Yermak, I.M. et al. (2006). Carrageenans from cystocarpic and sterile plants of Chondrus pinnulatus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) collected from the Russian Pacific coast. In: Anderson, R., Brodie, J., Onsøyen, E., Critchley, A.T. (eds) Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Applied Phycology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5670-3_17
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