Table 1. Cell wall neutral polysaccharide components (mol percent) in fresh and stored asparagus spears.

	Fresh			Stored
	Bottom	Middle	Top	Bottom	Middle	Top
Arabinan	4	13	23	4	11	18
Type I AG	5	10	10	2	3	4
Type II AG	2	3	3	2	4	5
Glucuronoarabinoxylan	55	23	17	54	32	19
Heteromannan	6	13	11	8	15	15
Xyloglucan	5	7	6	3	5	8
Cellulose	12	20	14	19	17	18
Unassigned	12	11	16	8	13	13