a Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain b Departamento de Química Orgánica Biológica, Instituto de Química Orgánica, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Abstract:
The structure of an alkali-extracted water-soluble polysaccharide isolated from the cell wall of the marine fungus Lineolata rhizophorae has been elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic means. The idealized repeating unit of this novel structure is being m ≈ 41, n ≈ 2, and p ≈ 5.