Table 1. Monosaccharide compositions of wild-type and blh2 blh4 mucilage.

Data represent means ± sd of three biological replicates. Asterisks indicate significant differences from the wild type as determined by one-way ANOVA (**P < 0.01).

Sugar Contents (mg g−1 seeds)	Water-Soluble Mucilage		Adherent Mucilage		Total Mucilage
	Wild Type	blh2 blh4	Wild Type	blh2 blh4	Wild Type	blh2 blh4
Rha	8.31 ± 0.47	9.50 ± 0.01	4.81 ± 0.47	2.77 ± 0.16**	13.12 ± 0.89	12.27 ± 0.16
GalA	12.00 ± 0.71	14.44 ± 0.80**	4.27 ± 0.25	2.78 ± 0.32**	16.27 ± 0.51	17.22 ± 1.13
Man	0.32 ± 0.02	0.38 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.08	0.23 ± 0.01	0.64 ± 0.10	0.61 ± 0.02
Glc	0.19 ± 0.04	0.24 ± 0.01	0.35 ± 0.06	0.28 ± 0.11	0.50 ± 0.08	0.52 ± 0.10
Gal	0.15 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.03	0.27 ± 0.02	0.23 ± 0.08	0.42 ± 0.04	0.50 ± 0.09
Xyl	0.43 ± 0.03	0.51 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01	0.19 ± 0.07	0.72 ± 0.05	0.70 ± 0.09
Ara	0.03 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.00	0.06 ± 0.01*	0.07 ± 0.00	0.11 ± 0.01
Total	21.37 ± 1.47	25.39 ± 0.65**	10.13 ± 0.27	6.54 ± 0.62**	31.50 ± 1.59	31.93 ± 1.27