title: Isolation and structural elucidation of a water-soluble polysaccharide (PS-I) of a wild edible mushroom, Termitomyces striatus.
abstract: A heteropolysaccharide (PS-I), isolated from the hot aqueous extract of an edible mushroom, Termitomyces striatus, is composed of d-glucose, d-galactose, d-mannose and l-fucose in a molar ratio 2:1:1:1. Structural investigation of the native as well as the Smith-degraded polysaccharide was carried out using methylation analysis, periodate oxidation studies and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy, and the repeating unit of the polysaccharide is established as follows: [carbohydrate structure: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Vidyasagar University, West Midnapore 721102, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Soumitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Indranil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: Dilip
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rout
authors.forename: Syed S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Islam
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008970:Molecular Weight; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D011134:Polysaccharides; D014867:Water