title: A novel pentasaccharide from immunostimulant oligosaccharide fraction of buffalo milk.
abstract: A processed oligosaccharide mixture of buffalo milk induced significant stimulation of antibody, delayed-type hypersensitivity response to sheep red blood cells in BALB/c mice. This also stimulated non-specific immune response of the animals measured in terms of macrophage migration index. A novel pentasaccharide has been isolated from the oligosaccharide containing fraction having immunostimulant activity of buffalo milk. This compound was isolated by a combination of gel filtration chromatography, silica gel column chromatography of derivatised oligosaccharides while the homogeneity was confirmed by high performance liquid chromatography. The results of structural analyses, i.e. proton nuclear magnetic resonance, fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, chemical transformations and degradations are consistent with the following structure: GlcNAcbeta(1-->3)Galbeta(1-->4)GlcNAcbeta(1-->3)Gal beta(1-->4)Glc
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Lucknow University, Lucknow 226 007, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saksena
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deepak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sahai
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007107:Immune System / Q000187:drug effects; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; C121343:N-acetylglucosaminyl-1-3-galactopyranosyl-1-4-N-acetylglucosaminyl-1-3-galactopyranosyl-1-4-glucopyranose; D009844:Oligosaccharides