title: [Galactomannan from the seeds of Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis Lam)].
abstract: By the hot water extraction method, galactomannan was extracted (4.5% yield of the seed mass) from the seeds of Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis Lam). It had a molecular weight of 1230 kDa, and its solutions had a high viscosity [eta] of 1064 ml/g and optical activity [alpha]D + 21.4 degrees. The polysaccharide consists of mannose and galactose residues in the molar ratio 2.69 : 1. In the galactomannan macromolecule the backbone is formed by 1,4-beta-D-mannopyranose residues, 37% of which are substituted by alpha-D-galactopyranose at C-6. By 13C-NMR-spectroscopy, fragments of differently galactose-substituted mannobiose units were found to be in the galactomannan being studied: Man-Man, (Gal)Man-Man, and Man-Man(Gal) in the ratio of 0.23 : 0.47 : 0.30.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Olennikov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Rokhin
mesh_terms: D005690:Galactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D031501:Gleditsia / Q000737:chemistry*; D008351:Mannans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D008351:Mannans; C012990:galactomannan; D005690:Galactose