Cell Wall Polysaccharides from Chalkumra (Benincasa hispida) Fruit. Part I. Isolation and Characterization of Pectins
- 11 May 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 52 (11), 3556-3562
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf0343130
Abstract
Pectic polysaccharides were obtained from chalkumra (Benincasa hispida) fruit by sequential extraction with ammonium oxalate (fraction BOX), dilute acid (fraction BHCl), and cold dilute alkali (fraction BOH). The highest yield of polysaccharides was obtained with oxalate and HCl. BOX was enriched in partly methyl-esterified galacturonic acid, whereas BHCl and BOH contained mostly galactose. All of the extracts showed similar elution patterns in size exclusion chromatography although the intrinsic viscosities (eta) were different (132 +/- 6, 100 +/- 5, and 285 + 10 mL/g for BOX, BHCl, and BOH, respectively). From fractionation by anion exchange chromatography, homogalacturonan (as seen from sugar analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectrum) accounted for more than half of BOX and 11% of BHCl. Methylation analyses and hydrolysis of BHCl with endo-beta-(1-->4)-d-galactanase showed the presence of beta-(1-->4)-d-galactan. The neutral galactan represented more than 76% of BHCl and approximately 40% of BOH. The other polysaccharides were complex galactans in BOH and an acidic arabinan (<1%) in BOX and BHCl.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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