Current Science · 1974 · 22 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesBiochemistryPlant SciencesFood ChemistryGlycobiologyPlant BiochemistryCarbohydrate StructureGlycan AnalysisMonosaccharide ChemistryPlant Cell Wall PolysaccharidesPolysaccharide PropertiesPolysaccharide StructureCell Wall Polysaccharide AnalysisHydrolysisPlant Mucilage PolysaccharidesPlant PolysaccharidesPolysaccharide ExtractionPolysaccharide FractionationPolysaccharide Structure AnalysisSeed Oligosaccharides
D-Glucose, D-galactose, D-mannose, L-arabinose, D-xylose and L-rhamnose along with D-galacturonic and D-mannuronic acids were isolated from the seed mucilage of O. basilicum. The neutral sugars were in the ratio of 5:5:2:3:3:1, resp. The mucilage was partly O-acetylated (OAc, 5.08%) and contained lipids, free 25.4% and bound 10.3%. Graded acid hydrolysis resulted in the isolation of an acid-stable core-polysaccharide (43%) composed of D-glucose and D-mannose in the ratio of 10:2. Fractionation, by different techniques, indicated the mucilage to be highly heterogeneous. [on SciFinder(R)]