FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 79-82.

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Structure Research on the Polysaccharides of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa Fruit (I)

 QIN  Xiao-Ming, SUI  Ya-Jun, NING  恩Chuang   

  1. 1.College of Food Science and Technology, Zhanjiang Ocean University; 2.Light Industry and Food Engineering Institute, Guangxi University
  • Online:2005-04-15 Published:2011-09-19

Abstract: Isolation and characteritic structure of water-soluble polysaccharides in Rhodomyrtus tomentosa were studied. The results suggested that it contained the constitutents of several polysaccharides consisting of xylan, arabinogalactan (AG) or arabinogalactan-protein (AGP), pectin and others. By comparing the fresh with air-dried fruit, the obvious difference of polysaccharide constituent and their content could be found. The results of sugar analysis of H3 and H4 indicated that there was probably a special pectin polysaccharide having a hairly region with its backbone a rhamnogalacturonan.

Key words: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, polysaccharides, arabinogalactan-protein (AGP), rhamnogalacturonan