Polysaccharides from Scutellaria. II. Structure and Properties of Polysaccharides from Scutellaria comosa
摘要
The glucoarabinogalactan GAG-Sco with MM 15 kDa was obtained by fractionation of water-soluble polysaccharides from Scutellaria comosa Juz. An analysis of the monosaccharide residues showed that GAG-Sco consisted of arabinose (35.7%), glucose (25.8%), and galactose (27.7%). Chemical analyses and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic data found that the main chain of the GAG-Sco macromolecule consisted of 1,6-bound D-galactopyranosyl residues. A side chain in the C-2 position contained glucose, arabinose, and the oligosaccharide fragment α-Araf-(5→1)-α-Araf. The water-soluble polysaccharide from S. comosa was shown to affect phagocytosis, specifically the phagocytic index of neutrophils.