title: Polysaccharide components from the scape of Musa paradisiaca: main structural features of water-soluble polysaccharide component.
abstract: Polysaccharide components present in the pseudo-stem (scape) of M. paradisiaca were purified from acetone powder of the scape by delignification followed by extraction with aqueous solvents into water soluble polysaccharide (WSP), EDTA-soluble polysaccharide (EDTA-SP), alkali-soluble polysaccharide (ASP) and alkali-insoluble polysaccharide (AISP) fractions. Sugar compositional analysis showed that WSP and EDTA-SP contained only D-Glc whereas ASP contained D-Glc, L-Ara and D-Xyl in approximately 1:1:10 ratio, respectively, and AISP contained D-Glc, L-Ara and D-Xyl in approximately 10:1:2 ratio, respectively. WSP was further purified by complexation with iso-amylalcohol and characterized by specific rotation, IR spectroscopy, Iodine affinity, ferricyanide number, blue value, hydrolysis with alpha-amylase and glucoamylase, and methylation linkage analysis, and shown to be a amylopectin type alpha-D-glucan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore Manasagangotri, India.
authors.forename: Y V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Anjaneyalu
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Jagadish
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Raju
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D008745:Methylation; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides