title: Structure and anticomplementary activity of an acidic polysaccharide from the leaves of Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana.
abstract: A main acidic polysaccharide preparation was isolated from the leaves of Malva sylvestris L. var mauritiana Mill. It is composed of L-rhamnose, D-galactose, D-galacturonic acid, and D-glucuronic acid in the molar ratio of 22:6:22:11, and it contains 7.7% peptide. It was homogeneous by electrophoresis and gel chromatography, which gave a value of 11,000 as molecular weight. The structure of the polysaccharide component was elucidated by methylation analysis and partial hydrolysis. The substance showed considerable anticomplementary activity.
authors.affiliation: Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D003169:Complement Inactivator Proteins; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010944:Plants / Q000032:analysis; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D003169:Complement Inactivator Proteins; D011134:Polysaccharides