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. 2022 May 25;27(11):3415. doi: 10.3390/molecules27113415

Table 1.

Monosaccharide compositions of polysaccharides from the Red Sea halophytes *.

Sugar Chenopodiaceae Zygophyllaceae
A. ehrenbergii S. aegyptiaca S. monoica Z. album
Relative (%)
Arabinose - - - 36.67
Xylose 0.95 - 10.7 0.68
Ribose 0.65 8.79 26.0 -
Mannose 2.25 44.15 - 2.60
Rhamnose 3.00 3.35 0.68 -
Galactose 54.74 9.63 4.96 8.53
Glucose 14.79 16.3 33.0 31.52
Fucose - - - 0.24
Glucouronic acid - 0.19 0.62 3.09
Galacturonic acid 1.90 0.16 - 0.48

* Means values (n = 2).