title: Structural analysis of alkaline-soluble polysaccharide, P-1, from the kernels of Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.
abstract: A polysaccharide fraction extracted with cold 0.5 M NaOH from the kernels of Prunus mume exhibited some biological activities. A polysaccharide, P-1, was purified from the 0.5M NaOH extract by ion-exchange chromatography and gel-filtration. The results of the structural analysis of P-1 to determine the relationship between the activities and the structure are described in this paper. In the mild acid hydrolysis of P-1, the nondialyzable hydrolysate (I-3) believed to be its core portion was obtained. The yield of I-3 was 26.0% and contained 59.8% uronic acid as galacturonic acid (GalA). The neutral sugars of I-3 were composed of rhamnose, xylose and galactose in a molar ratio of 1.0:3.4:0.3 following analysis by gas-liquid chromatography. The molecular weight of I-3 was estimated to be ca. 14000 by gel-filtration on Toyopearl HW55F. I-3 exhibited the mitogenic activity toward spleen cells as well as P-1. These facts appeared to confirm that I-3 was the core part of P-1 and important for its biological activity. I-3 was successfully reduced by the Taylor and Conrad method to avoid so much repetition. Methylation analysis of the reduced hydrolysate by gas-liquid chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy showed that the ratio of 1,4-linked galactopyranosyl and 1,3,4-linked galactopyranosyl residues were significantly increased in comparison with native I-3. These results suggested that I-3 was composed of 1,4- and 1,3,4-linked galacturonic acid residues in the main chain.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Environmental Health, Azabu University, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dogasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishijima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yadomae
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001894:Borohydrides; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008297:Male; D008745:Methylation; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014269:Trifluoroacetic Acid
chemical_list: D001894:Borohydrides; D008934:Mitogens; D011134:Polysaccharides; C025364:sodium borohydride; D014269:Trifluoroacetic Acid