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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Thromb Haemost. 2009 Dec;102(6):1183–1193. doi: 10.1160/TH09-04-0273

Figure 1. Structure of sulfated galactan from the marine alga B. occidentalis.

Figure 1

This polysaccharide has a repeating structure (-4-α-D-Galp-1→3-β-D-Galp-1→), with a variable sulfation pattern. Approximately one third of the total α-units are 2,3-di-sulfated, and another one-third are 2-sulfated (Farias et al. 2000).