FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (19): 33-36.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201119007

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Purification and Monosaccharide Composition Analysis of Tartary Buckwheat Polysaccharides

YAN Jun1,SUN Xiao-chun2,XIE Zhen-jian1,HE Gang1,YI Yong1,FANG Chen1,GOU Xiao-jun1,2,*   

  1. (1. Laboratory for Chemistry of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China; 2. Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotic, Chengdu 610052, China)
  • Published:2011-10-12

Abstract: Tartary buckwheat polysaccharides (TBPs) were extracted by boiling water, precipitated by alcohol and purified by ion-exchange column chromatography. The purity and molecular weight of TBPs were determined by high performance gel filtration chromatography (HPGFC). Polysaccharide samples were hydrolyzed with sulfuric acid solution, and derivatized with 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (PMP). The monosaccharide composition of the hydrolysates obtained was analyzed by RP-HPLC. The results showed that TBPs could be obtained by water extraction and alcohol precipitation after protein removal by Savag method. Three polysaccharides, named as TBP-1, TBP-2 and TBP-3, were obtained by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography with molecular weights of 144544, 445656 and 636795, respectively. Liquid chromatographic analysis based on pre-column derivatization showed that TBP-1 and TBP-2 were composed of glucose and TBP-3 of mannose, rhamnose, glucuronic acid, glucose, galactose and arabinose in a molar ratio of 4.32:2.41:1.00:39.8:9.64:2.02.

Key words: tartary buckwheat, polysaccharide, monosaccharide, derivatization, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

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