1. A novel water-soluble β-d-glucan isolated from the spores of Ganoderma lucidum
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Dong, Qun, Wang, Ying, Shi, Lei, Yao, Jian, Li, Jie, Ma, Fangli, and Ding, Kan
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GLUCANS , *WATER-soluble polymers , *GANODERMA lucidum , *MUSHROOMS , *FUNGAL spores , *ANTINEOPLASTIC agents - Abstract
Abstract: Ganoderma lucidum is an edible and medicinal mushroom used widely in East Asia. In recent years, its spores have been used as a supplement in combination with other forms of antitumor therapies. The cell wall of Ganoderma lucidum spores contains a high amount of polysaccharides. In this study, a neutral polysaccharide, GLSA50-1B, was isolated from sporoderm-broken spores of Ganoderma lucidum, by hot-water extraction, graded ethanol precipitation, anion-exchange chromatography, and gel permeation chromatography. Using sugar compositional analysis, methylation analysis, partial acid hydrolysis, acetolysis, and NMR and ESI-MS spectroscopy, GLSA50-1B was elucidated to be a novel β-d-glucan featured by a 1,6-linked β-d-Glcp backbone with different length of branches consisting of terminal and 1,4-linked Glcp residues, attached to O-4 of alternative Glc residues in the backbone. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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