Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (12): 2391.

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Isolation and Structure Characterization of Polysaccharide from Morinda officinalis How

HE Chuan-Bo1*, LI Lin2, TANG Feng-Xia1, XIONG He-Jian1   

  1. 1. School of Bioengineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China;
    2. School of Light Chemistry and Food Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
  • Received:2009-04-09 Online:2009-12-10 Published:2009-12-10
  • Contact: HE Chuan-Bo. E-mail: hcbcc@sina.com
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金(批准号: 20436020)和广东省科技攻关项目(批准号: 2003C104025)资助.

Abstract:

Morinda officinalis How is a rare Chinese traditional herbal medicine. A water soluble polysaccharide(MOPI-3) was obtained from Morinda officinalis How, by hot water extraction, deproteination with Sevag method, precipitation with ethanol, and fractionation through DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B ion exchange chromatography. Using UV, IR, NMR, GC-MS, periodate oxidation, Smith degradation and methylation reaction, the primary structure of MOPI-3 was identified. The results show that, MOPI-3 is highly purified with average molecular weight of 35309 determined by high performance gel permeation chromatography. And it is a heteropolysaccharide composed of Ara, Gal and Glc. The backbone of MOPI-3 was linked by α-1,3-pyran-glucose and α-1,4-pyran-galactose, and the molar ratio of glucose to galactose was 5:1. There was one side chain composed by three α-1,3-furan-arabinoses linked onto C6 of glucose on backbone in each repeat unit, and the O-acetyl group was linked onto C2 of galactose.

Key words: Morinda officinalis How; Polysaccharide; Isolation; Structure characterization

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