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. 2019 May 31;11(6):1238. doi: 10.3390/nu11061238

Table 2.

Polysaccharides isolated from the mung bean and their bioactivities.

Compound Name Molecular Weight (kDa) Monosaccharide Composition (Molar Ratio, %) Bioactivities Reference
MP1 83 Fuc:Ara:Xyl:Man:Gal:Glu = 8.3:2.2:67.2:20.1:2.3 Antioxidant activities [55]
MP2 45 Rha:Fuc:fucose:Ara:Xyl:Man:Gal:Glu = 31.8:3.5:16.7:4.6:11.7:29.1:2.5 Antioxidant activities [55]
MEMP-1 Nd 1 Ara:Man:Gal = 0.12:1.0:0.5 Radicals scavenging activity [56]
MEMP-2 Nd Rha:Ara:Man:Gal = 1:0.3:0.3:0.6 Radicals scavenging activity [56]
MWP-1′ 68.4 Rha:Ara:Man:Galin = 0.4:2.6:5.3:0.7 Immunoregulatory activities [57]
MWP-2′ 52.4 Ara:Man:Gal:Glc = 0.5:1.4:2.1:0.4 Immunoregulatory activities [57]
MAP-1 94.2 Rha:Ara:Glu:Gal:GalA = 1.1:0.4:0.7:0.5:0.3 Antioxidant and immunoregulatory activity [58]
MAP-2 60.4 Xyl:Rha:Gal:Glu:GalA = 0.4:1.4:1.6:0.5:0.2 Antioxidant and immunoregulatory activity [58]
WSP 20–300 Ara:Man:Gal:Glu = 3.5:12:66:18.5 Nd [28]
HWSP 15–150 Rha:Ara:Xyl:Man:Gal:Glu = 2.5:34:5:8:33.5:17 Immunomodulatory activity [28]
Pectins 40–1200 Rha:Ara:Xyl:Gal:Glu = 2.6:46:8:26.4:17 Immunomodulatory activity [28]
Hemicellulose A 15–350 Ara:Xyl:Man:Gal:Glu = 8.5:23:2:9:57.5 Nd [28]
Hemicellulose B 100–1800 Rha:Ara:Xyl:Gal:Glu = 2.5:43:7:28:19.5 Immunomodulatory activity [28]
Arabinogalactan 1200 Rha:Ara:Xyl:Gal:Glu = 5:60:2:32:1 Macrophage activation [59]

1 Nd: No data were found.Mung bean polysaccharide 1 (MP1); mung bean polysaccharide 2 (MP2); microwave extraction mung polysaccharide-1 (MEMP-1); microwave extraction mung bean polysaccharide-2 (MEMP-2); water-soluble mung bean polysaccharide-1′ (MWP-1′); water-soluble mung bean polysaccharide-2′ (MWP-2′); alkali-extractable mung bean polysaccharide-1 (MAP-1); alkali-extractable mung bean polysaccharide-2 (MAP-2,); water-soluble polysaccharide (WSP); hot water soluble polysaccharide (HWSP); rhamnose (Rha); fucose (Fuc); arabinose (Ara); xylose (Xyl); mannose (Man); galactose (Gal); glucose (Glu).