Table 3.
Monosaccharide composition for EPS fractions prepared from untreated diatom Stauroneis sp.
| Fractions | Monosaccharides (mol%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man | GlcN | Rha | Glc-A | Glc-NAc | Glc | Gal | Xyl | Fuc | |
| SL-EPS | 14.8 | 10.4 | 0 | 12.2 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 15.5 | 37.0 | 6.6 |
| F-TB-EPS | 4.0 | 7.9 | 13.0 | 10.9 | 1.1 | 37.9 | 24.1 | 0 | 1.2 |
| BF-LB-EPS | 23.2 | 16.1 | 0 | 2.4 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 6.1 |
| BF-TB-EPS | 17.8 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 61.0 | 14.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
Mole percentage (mol%) of each monosaccharide was calculated on the basis of HPLC profiles of each fractions, and data represent the average of duplicate experiments.