Fabaceae Polysaccharides. III. Galactomannan from Astragalus cicer seeds
作者:D. N. Olennikov、A. V. Rokhin
DOI:10.1007/s10600-010-9558-9
日期:2010.5
Seeds of Astragalus cicer L. (Fabaceae) afforded a galactomannan (5.90% yield of seed mass) of molecular weight 1064 kDa, solutions of which had high viscosity [η] 925.5 mL/g and optical activity [α]D +71.9°. The galactomannan consisted of galactose and mannose units in a 1:1.39 ratio. Physicochemical methods established that the main chain of the polysaccharide consisted of 1,4-β-D-mannopyranose units substituted at 72% of the C-6 positions by single α-D-galactopyranose units. The content of variously substituted galactose mannobiose units Man–Man, (Gal)Man–Man/Man–Man(Gal) and (Gal)Man–Man(Gal) in the galactomannan were 18.7, 19.8, and 61.5%, respectively.
β-1, 4-Linked mannooligosaccharides were obtained regioselectively when mannose was incubated with β-mannosidase from Rhizopus niveus. By use of the obtained β-1, 4-linked mannobiose as a donor, the transglycosylation reaction was done with the same enzyme, and β-linked alkyl glycosides were obtained from various alcohols. In the reaction using the β-1, 4-linked mannobiose as a donor and acceptor, β-l, 4-linked mannooligosaccharides were obtained by a transglycosylation mechanism.