Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1994, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (8): 1231.

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Studies on Structure-Activity Relationship of Acidic Hetero polysaccharide for Auricularia Auricula-Judae

ZHANG Li-Na, CHEN He-Sheng, LI Xiang   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072
  • Received:1993-08-12 Revised:1993-12-26 Online:1994-08-24 Published:1994-08-24

Abstract: The bioactivities for six fractionated and unfractionated samples of acidic heteropolysaccharide of Auricularia auricula-judae having different molecular weights (Mw and Mn) were studied. The results obtained by i. P. injection in mice show that the polysaccharides have bioactivities in motivating the growth of leucocytes, anticoagulation and decreasing blood platelet count, and the effects increase with the decrease of molecular weight and glucuronic acid content in the range(200×104>Mw>18×104; 16%>CGA>9. 7%)studied.We conclude that the bioactivities depend seriously on the solubility of the polysacchride in water. In addtion, a method of acid-base back-titration used for determination of glucuronic acid content(CGA) of the polysaccharides was established, and its experimental results are in good agreement with data in literature.

Key words: Auricularia auricula-judae polysaccharide, Bioactivity, Glucuronic acid analysis, Structure-activity relationship

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