Abstract
A polysaccharide fraction, J6, was isolated from the hot-water extract of flowers of oleander Nerium indicum Mill., using ethanol precipitation, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) complexing, anion-exchange chromatography and gel permeation chromatography. J6 was found to contain l-rhamnose, l-arabinose, d-galactose, and d-galacturonic acid, in the ratio of 10.1:49.8:30.1:10.0. Its structure was investigated by methylation analysis, periodate oxidation, Smith degradation, partial acid hydrolysis, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopic methods. It was found that J6 is an RG-I type polysaccharide, which contains a rhamnogalacturonan backbone, with various branches attached to O-4 of l-rhamnose. The branches probably involve (1 → 4)-β- d-galactan, branched l-arabino-(1 → 3)(1 → 6)-β- d-galactan, and (1 → 5)-α- l-arabinan. J6 stimulated NO production of macrophage RAW264.7 cells in a preliminary test.
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