title: Isolation and characterization of a xyloglucan from gobo (Arctium lappa L.).
abstract: A xyloglucan was isolated from the 24% KOH extract of gobo (edible burdock, Arctium lappa L.). A methylation analysis and enzymic degradation studies on the polysaccharide showed that gobo-xyloglucan was built up predominantly of repeating-oligosaccharide units of hepta-(Glc:Xyl = 4:3), nona- (Glc:Xyl:Gal:Fuc = 4:3:1:1) and deca- (Glc:Xyl:Gal:Fuc = 4:3:2:1) saccharides in an approximate molar ratio of 14:12:5, which are the typical structural units of dicot xyloglucans.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Food Science, Faculty of Education, Hirosaki University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D005936:Glucans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014990:Xylans
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D011134:Polysaccharides; D014990:Xylans; C029353:xyloglucan