title: A water-insoluble (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan from the alkaline extract of an edible mushroom Termitomyces eurhizus.
abstract: A water-insoluble glucan, TEINS has been isolated from the hot alkaline extract of an edible mushroom Termitomyces eurhizus. The total carbohydrate content of the polysaccharide fraction was found to be 98.4%, and it was found to contain only glucose as the monosaccharide constituent. On the basis of total acid hydrolysis, a methylation experiment, periodate oxidation and (13)C NMR experiment, the repeating unit of the polysaccharide was established as: -->3)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Vidyasagar University, West Midnapore 721 102, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Indranil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: Soumitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondal
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*; D000470:Alkaloids; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011509:Proteoglycans; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D047071:beta-Glucans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D011509:Proteoglycans; D047071:beta-Glucans; C103580:teixidol; D014867:Water; C010770:polysaccharide-K