title: Highly sulphated galactan from Halymenia durvillei (Halymeniales, Rhodophyta), a red seaweed of Madagascar marine coasts.
abstract: Halymenia durvillei is a red seaweed with a great potential as sulphated galactan producer collected in the coastal waters of small island of Madagascar (Nosy-be in Indian Ocean). To elucidate the structure of its polysaccharide, NMR (1H and 13C), FTIR, HPAEC and different colorimetric methods were carried out. It has been shown that this polysaccharide, consisted mainly of galactose, was branched by xylose and galactose in minor amounts. Arabinose and fucose were also detected. This galactan was found highly sulphated (42%, w/w) and pyruvylated (1.8%, w/w). Analysis of glycosidic linkages by CPG-MS and 13C NMR indicated that the polysaccharide has the defining linear backbone of alternating 3-beta-D-galactopyranosyl units and 4-linked alpha-L/D-galactopyranosyl residues. 3,6-Anhydrogalactose units have been also detected in minor quantity. This lambda-carrageenan like polysaccharide has shown original sulphatation patterns with 2-O (26%) or 2/6-O (58%) sulphated 3-linked beta-D-galactopyranosyl units and 6-O (19%) or 2/6-O (47%) 4-linked alpha-L/D-galactopyranosyl residues.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génie Chimique et Biochimique, Université Blaise Pascal, Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, 24 Avenue des Landais, 63174 Aubière Cedex, France.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Fenoradosoa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delattre
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laroche
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wadouachi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dulong
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Picton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Andriamadio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michaud
mesh_terms: D005685:Galactans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008270:Madagascar; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012212:Rheology; D000461:Rhodophyta / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005685:Galactans; D013455:Sulfur