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Carbohydrate Research

Volume 56, Issue 2, July 1977, Pages 337-349
Carbohydrate Research

Structure of the d-galactan isolated from garlic (Allium sativum) Bulbs

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Abstract

Hot-water extraction of defatted garlic-bulbs yielded a mixture of polysaccharides containing a d-galactan, a d-galacturonan, an l-arabinan a d-glucan, and a d-fructan. A trace of l-rhamnose was also detected in the polysaccharide by hydrolyzate. The pectic acid was partially removed by precipitation with aqueous calcium chloride; from the remaining polysaccharide mixture a pure d-galactan containing 97.3% of d-galactose was isolated by fractional precipitation repeated chromatography through a column of DEAE-cellulose. Methanolysis and hydrolysis of the permethylated d-galactan yielded 2,3,4,6-tetra-,2,3,6-tri-, and 2,3-di-O-methyl-d-galactose in the molar proportions of 1:2:1. On periodate oxidation the d-galactan reduced 1.18 molar equivalents of the oxidant per d-galactosyl residue, and liberated one molar equivalent or formic acid per 4.13 d-galactosyl residues. Smith degradation of the d-galactan was also conducted. From these results, a structure has been assigned to the repeating unit of the d-galactan.

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