Structural characterization and immunomodulating activity of a complex glucan from spores of Ganoderma lucidum. |
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Authors: | X Bao J Fang X Li |
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Institution: | Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China. |
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Abstract: | A polysaccharide with a molecular weight of 1.26 x 10(5), obtained from the sporoderm-broken spores of Ganoderma lucidum, was purified by anion-exchange and gel-permeation chromatography. This polysaccharide had a strong effect on suppressing the antibody production and the Con A or LPS induced lymphocyte proliferation in mice. Chemically, the structure of the polysaccharide was identified by methylation analysis, 1 D, 2 D NMR and ESI-MS spectroscopic studies of the native one and of the oligosaccharide fragments generated by partial acid hydrolysis, Smith degradation, and acetolysis. It was concluded that the intact polysaccharide was a complex beta-D-glucan consisting of a (1-->6)-linked backbone chain, in which every other glucosyl residue was substituted at C-3 or C-4 with mono-, di- and trisaccharide branches. |
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