Table 2. Monosaccharide composition of Acai polysaccharide fractions.

	Polysaccharide fraction
Monosaccharide	Acai-1	Acai-2	Acai-3
Fucose	0.5	0.6	1.3
Rhamnose	4.5	4.1	4.9
Arabinose	47.0	26.2	18.8
Glucosamine	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.
Galactose	11.5	17.9	16.5
Glucose	2.3	10.4	18.8
Lyxose	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.
Mannose	N.D.	4.7	8.4
Xylose	2.8	9.7	8.0
Galacturonic acid	28.4	24.7	21.7
Glucuronic acid	3.0	1.8	1.5

The data are present as mol% for each sugar. Individual components were identified and quantified based on elution of known standards. N.D. – not detected.