Taxonomic group: plant / Streptophyta
(Phylum: Streptophyta)
Organ / tissue: tuber
NCBI PubMed ID: 7951156Publication DOI: 10.1248/bpb.17.859Journal NLM ID: 9311984Publisher: Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
Institutions: Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan
A glucan, called pinellian G, was isolated from the tuber of Pinellia ternata BREIT. It was homogenous on electrophoresis and gel chromatography, and its molecular mass was estimated to be 1.5 x 10(4). It is composed solely of D-glucose, in addition to a few O-acetyl groups. Methylation analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance and enzymic degradation studies indicated that it is a branched glucan mainly composed of α-1,4-linked D-glucopyranose residues with partially α-1,3-linked units and 4,6-branching points. The glucan showed significant reticuloendothelial system-potentiating activity in a carbon clearance test, as well as pronounced anti-complementary activity.
polysaccharide structure, glucan, immunological activity, Pinellia ternata, pinellian G
Structure type: homopolymer ; n=3-4
Compound class: maltosaccharide
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_140629,IEDB_142488,IEDB_144998,IEDB_146664,IEDB_420417,IEDB_420418,IEDB_420421,IEDB_857742,IEDB_983931,SB_192
Methods: 13C NMR, gel filtration, GC-MS, TLC, GC, biological assays, HPLC, enzymatic digestion, methylation analysis, hydrolysis, PE
Comments, role: fragment
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 199225Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G05740LL, CCSD:
45443, CBank-STR:2712
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There is only one chemically distinct structure:
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