Table 1.
Chemical and monosaccharide composition of D. indusiata crude polysaccharide (DIP).
| Chemical Composition | ||
|---|---|---|
| Yield of crude polysaccharide (w/w)% | 13.2 | |
| 1 Total sugar content% | 96.66 | |
| 2 Total protein content% | 2.38 | |
| 3 Monosaccharide composition | ||
| Components | mg/Kg | % |
| Mannose | 35160.22 | 23.55 |
| Ribose | 694.41 | 0.46 |
| Rhamnose | 65.2 | 0.043 |
| Glucuronic acid | 1515.23 | 1.014 |
| Galacuronic acid | 4 ND | ND |
| Glucose | 89,350.23 | 59.84 |
| Galactose | 19,350.23 | 12.95 |
| Xylose | 544.02 | 0.36 |
| Arabia sugar | 257.26 | 0.17 |
| Fucose | 2372.73 | 1.58 |
1 Phenol-H2SO4 method; 2 Bicinchoninic acid method; 3 High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); 4 ND, not detected.