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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 211, Issue -, Pages 100-108Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.01.097
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Terminalia chebula; Amylopectin; Polysaccharide; Antioxidant activity
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- Basic Science Research Program through National Research Fund of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [NRF-2015R1C1A1A01055735]
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Dried fruits of Terminalia chebula (TF) are used as herbal medicine for diverse symptoms, and their bioactivities are known to involve antioxidant activities. The aim of this study was to elucidate the structure and antioxidant effects of an active TF polysaccharide (TFP). The neutral polysaccharide (named as TFP-a) isolated by ionexchange chromatography was a homogenous alpha-Glc-rich polysaccharide (over 70% alpha-Glc, 534.9 kDa, PDI 1.36) with a porous and flake-like morphology. Linkage and NMR data comprehensively showed that TFP-a was an amylopectin-type polysaccharide with (1 -> 4)-alpha-Glc(p) backbone branched at C6/C2. Side chains were composed of (1 -> 4)-beta-Gal(p) substituted with alpha-Ara(f), beta-GalUA(p), beta-GalUA(p)-Me, and alpha-Rham(p). In antioxidant activity assays, TFP-a exhibited potent and concentration-dependent antioxidant effects, including DPPH and superoxide radical scavenging and reducing power. We concluded that TFP-a is an amylopectin-type polysaccharide that may be used as a potential natural antioxidant.
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