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Separation, Purification and Structural Characteristics of Polysaccharides from Red Skin of Lotus Seeds

GAO Hang1, GAO Yanfen2, XU Hong1,*   

  1. 1. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China; 2. Shenzhen Nongke Group Co. Ltd.,Shenzhen 518040, China
  • Online:2016-08-15 Published:2016-08-30

Abstract:

The crude polysaccharides isolated from the red skin of lotus seeds by enzymatic extraction and ethanol
precipitation were separated into neutral and acidic polysaccharides by DEAE-C column chromatography and subsequent
Sephadex G-25 gel column chromatography. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) analysis showed that the molecular
weights of the neutral and acidic polysaccharides were 3.78 × 104 D and 4.94 × 104 D with a purity of 91.16% and 90.24%,
respectively. The neutral polysaccharide was composed of 4 monosaccharides including glucose and xylose, while the
acidic polysaccharide was mainly composed of 5 monosaccharides including glucose, xylose and galactose. Infrared spectra
preliminarily confirmed that both purified fractions were pyranoses with α configuration. This conclusion was further proved
by nuclear magnetic resonance.

Key words: red skin of lotus seeds, polysaccharide, separation and purification, structural characterization

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