TABLE 5.

Monosaccharide composition and content (%) of spinach and lettuce tissue

Monosaccharide	Lettuce leaves	Spinach leaves	Lettuce roots	Spinach roots
Fucose	0.31	1.17	0.13	0.98
Galactose	1.06	1.57	5.25	1.83
Glucose	54.54	25.94	29.90	5.77
Xylose	1.27	4.50	2.57	2.48
Mannose	5.50	2.96	2.63	7.39
Galacturonic acid	4.78	5.18	1.30	3.62
Glucuronic acid	3.62	1.83	0.61	12.39
Arabinose	24.82	47.23	47.08	63.83
Rhamnose	4.10	9.61	10.54	1.71