Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (9): 1653.

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Structure Investigation of Water Soluble Polysaccharide CTP Isolated from the Carthamus tinctorius L.

HUO Xian1, LIANG Zhong-Yan1, ZHANG Ya-Jun1, FEI Rui2, ZHAO Wei3, ZHANG Li-Xia1   

  1. 1. School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China;
    2. School of Basic Medical Science, Department of Bethune Medicine Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China;
    3. Avigation University of Air Force, Changchun 130022, China
  • Received:2004-09-15 Online:2005-09-10 Published:2005-09-10

Abstract: Carthamus tinctorius L. is a kind of Chinese traditional and herbal drugs. Polysaccharides as effective ingredients have extensive pharmaceutic values especially as the immune regulators. CTP is the water soluble polysaccharide isolated from the Carthamus tinctorius L.. By means of HPLC, partial hydrolysis with acid, periodate oxidation, Smith degradation, GC, methylation and GC-MS analysis, 13C NMR spectroscopy, the structure of CTP was identified. CTP is a kind of small molecular weight polysaccharide with many branches. The main chain of CTP is made up of(1→4)-linked-Glc with five side chains. They are(1→3,6), (1→6), (1→)-linked-Gal, (1→2)-linked-Glc, (1→6), (1→)-linked-Glc, and two(1→6)-linked-Glc respectively.

Key words: Carthamus tinctorius L., Polysaccharide, Structure

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