TABLE 4.

Molar ratios of the noncarbohydrate substituents in the LMW and HMW succinoglycan species^a

Sample	Noncarbohydrate molar ratios
	Pyr	Suc	Ac
Monomer	1	1.43	0.71
Dimer	1	1.40	0.70
Trimer	1	1.25	0.70
HMW-SGb	1	0.93	0.70

^aThe ratios were determined from the integration of the acetyl (Ac), pyruvyl (Pyr), and succinyl (Suc) signals in the one-dimentional ¹H-NMR spectra of the isolated succinoglycan species. The ¹H-NMR spectra were recorded in D₂O at 70°C. 

^bHMW succinoglycan.