Abstract
The water-soluble crude polysaccharides were obtained from the fruiting bodies of cultured Cordyceps militaris by hot water extraction followed by ethanol precipitation. The polysaccharides were successively purified by chromatography on DEAE–cellulose-52 and Sephacryl S-100 HR columns, giving main three polysaccharide fractions termed P50-1, P70-1, and P70-2. Structural features of P70-1 were investigated by a combination of chemical and instrumental analysis, such as partial acid hydrolysis, methylation analysis, periodate oxidation – Smith degradation, GC–MS, 13C NMR, HPAEC-PAD, and FT-IR. The results indicated that P70-1 has a backbone of (1 → 6)-linked β- d-mannopyranosyl residues, which occasionally branches at O-3. The branches were mainly composed of (1 → 4)-linked α- d-glucopyranosyl and (1 → 6)-linked β- d-galactopyranosyl residues, and terminated with β- d-galactopyranosyl residues and α- d-glucopyranosyl residues. In the in vitro antioxidant assay, P70-1 was found to possess hydroxyl radical-scavenging activity with an IC 50 value of 0.548 mg/ml.
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