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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Biol Macromol. 2013 Mar 17;57:265–272. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.03.026

Table 2.

Molecular weights and chemical composition of Agaricus brasiliensis polysaccharides

Sample Molecular Weight (kDa) Monosaccharides (%)
Content mean ± SD [% (w/w)]
Glucose Mannose Galactose Total sugar Protein Sulfate


cFR 617.93 ± 12.01 and 17.88 ± 0.98 60.19 ± 2.12 8.86 ± 3.46 0.94 ± 0.03 n.t. n.t. n.t.
FR 608.73 ± 4.11 63.67 ± 4.08 1.76 ± 0.13 4.55 ± 1.44 78.97 ± 7.52 1.76 ± 0.22 n.d.
FR-S 127.20 ± 6.95 68.98 ± 1.26 1.16 ± 0.34 2.86 ± 1.31 65.91 ± 9.39 n.d. (< 0.16) 40.25 ± 1.78
cMI 309.89 ± 2.22 and 30.20 ± 9.22 65.05 ± 5.12 9.95 ± 0.21 n.d. n.t. n.t. n.t.
MI 310.11 ± 1.08 19.35 ± 3.12 58.65 ± 2.74 n.d. 77.33 ± 10.41 1.06 ± 0.06 n.d.
MI-S 85.52 ± 5.33 24.72 ± 4.12 55.28 ± 3.12 n.d. 76.60 ± 12.66 0.97 ± 0.09 36.07 ± 2.74
DEX 410 n.t. n.t. n.t. 75.11 ± 12.07 n.d. (< 0.16) n.d.
DEX-S >500 n.t. n.t. n.t. 70.70 ± 10.90 n.d. (< 0.16) 48.67 ± 1.40

cFR and cMI, A. brasiliensis fruiting body and mycelial crude polysaccharide fractions, respectively.

FR and FR-S, A. brasiliensis fruiting body polysaccharide and its sulfated derivative.

MI and MI-S, A. brasiliensis mycelial polysaccharide and its sulfated derivative.

DEX and DEX-S, dextran and dextran sulfate, purchased from Sigma (USA).

n.d., not detected or the concentration is below the detection limit between parentheses.

n.t. not tested.