Table 1.
Chemical composition of polysaccharides extracted from the brown seaweed Canistrocarpus cervicornis. S/TSU ratio: Sulfate/Total sugar ratio; Fuc: fucose; Gluc acid: glucuronic acid; Gal: galactose; Xyl: xylose; Man: mannose; Gluc: glucose; -: Traces; n.d.: not detected.
| Sulfated Polysaccharides | Yield a (%) | Total sugar (%) | Sulfate (%) | S/TSU ratio (%/%) | Protein (%) | Molar Ratio |
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| Fuc | Gluc Acid | Gal | Xyl | Man | Gluc | ||||||
| CC-0.3 | 14.8 | 12.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| CC-0.5 | 12.1 | 33.4 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | - | 0.5 | - | - |
| CC-0.7 | 21.3 | 33.2 | 19.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | - | 0.5 | - | n.d. |
| CC-1.0 | 17.7 | 41.8 | 16.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | n.d. |
| CC-1.2 | 10.6 | 21.8 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | - | n.d. |
| CC-2.0 | 23.5 | 19.9 | 20.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | n.d. |
a
All polysaccharides obtained by acetone precipitation were dried and weighed and total polysaccharides corresponded to 100%.