Investigations on the structure of a hemicellulose fraction isolated from the trunk of a young bael (Aegle marmelos) tree |
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Authors: | Ratan K. Basak Prabir K. Mandal Amal K. Mukherjee |
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Affiliation: | Department of Macromolecules, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta-7000 32 India |
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Abstract: | Purified hemicellulose isolated from a young bael (Aegle marmelos) tree with 2.5m sodium hydroxide contained d-xylose and 4-O-methyl-d-glucoronic acid in the molar ratio of 7.43:1; traces of glucose, galactose, rhamnose, and arabinose were also present. The linkages between the monosaccharide units were determined by methylation analysis of a hemicellulose fraction (II A) and carboxyl-reduced, hemicellulose II A, and the results were corroborated by those from periodate oxidation and Smith degradation. The anomeric configurations of the d-xylopyranosyl residues were determined by chromium(VI) trioxide oxidation of the acetylated, carboxyl-reduced hemicellulose, and the aldobiouronic acid obtained from graded hydrolysis was characterized. These experiments clearly revealed the structure of this hemicellulose. |
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