Abstract
Abstract κ-/β-Carrageenans extracted from Furcellaria lumbricalis and Tichocarpus crinitus are hybrid polysaccharides that have roughly similar κ- and β-carrabiose contents. The distributions of these carrabiose moieties were compared using gel permeation chromatography to analyse the end-products obtained after degradation with Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora κ-carrageenase. Three fractions were obtained: standard oligo-κ-carrageenans, hybrid oligo-κ-/β-carrageenans and an enzyme-resistant fraction. The structure of the most abundant hybrid oligo-κ-/β-carrageenans and the composition of the κ-/β-fractions resistant to degradation were determined by 1H NMR. Altogether, the results suggest that the κ- and β-carrabiose moieties in F. lumbricalis are more randomly distributed than in T. crinitus carrageenan, which has a more regular block-type distribution.
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