Figure 2.

(A) Sephadex G-50 gel chromatography of bamboo leaf extracts under vigorous condition and conventional condition (B). Absorbance at 280 nm (open square); absorbance at 370 nm (open diamond). Values of glucose equivalent obtained by the phenol–sulfuric acid method (closed square). Each tube contained 6.0 ml. (C) Time course of liberation of free glucose during digestion of 10 mg ml⁻¹ F-I with 200 units of 1,3-β-glucanase (see text for details).