IMMUNOLOGICALLY ACTIVE POLYSACCHARIDE FROM CETRARIA-ISLANDICA

被引:37
作者
INGOLFSDOTTIR, K [1 ]
JURCIC, K [1 ]
FISCHER, B [1 ]
WAGNER, H [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MUNICH, INST PHARMAZEUT BIOL, D-80333 MUNICH, GERMANY
关键词
CETRARIA ISLANDICA; PARMELIACEAE; ICELAND MOSS; GALACTOMANNAN; PLANT POLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ACTIVITY;
D O I
10.1055/s-2006-959564
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
A new alkali-soluble polysaccharide has been isolated from Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach., by ethanol fractionation, ion-exchange chromatography, and gel filtration. The mean M(r) was estimated to be 18,000. Sugar and methylation analysis, partial hydrolysis, and C-13-NMR spectroscopy showed the polysaccharide to be a branched galactomannan with a backbone composed of two structural elements; (1-->6)-linked alpha-D-mannopyranosyl and alpha-D-(1-->6)-galactopyranosyl units. The polysaccharide showed pronounced immunostimulating activity in an in vitro phagocytosis assay and in the in vivo carbon clearance assay.
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页码:527 / 531
页数:5
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