Conclusions
It has been shown by the methylation method that pelvecyan and sargassan are polysaccharides of similar structures with a high degree of branching of the carbohydrate chains. Fucose, xylose, and galactose are located at the nonreducing ends of their molecules, and mannose and galactose form points of branching of the carbohydrate chains of these polysaccharides.
The positions of the bonds between the monosaccharide residues in pelvecyan and sargassan have been determined.
Similar content being viewed by others
Literature cited
I. I. Krasikova, T. F. Solov'eva, V. A. Khomenko, and Yu. S. Ovodov, Khim. Prirodn. Soedin., 253 (1972); T. F. Solov'eva, A. F. Pavlenko, T. V. Bondareva, and Yu. S. Ovodov, Khim. Prirodn. Soedin., 145 (1973).
E. Percival and J. K. Wold, J. Chem. Soc., 5459 (1963).
J. P. McKinnel and E. Percival, J. Chem. Soc., 3141 (1962).
S. Hakomori, J. Biochem. (Tokyo),55, 205 (1964).
T. Purdie and J. C. Irvine, J. Chem. Soc.,83, 1021 (1903).
T. J. Bonner, E. J. Bourne, and S. McNally, J. Chem. Soc., 2929 (1960).
Yu. I. El'kin, B. V. Rozynov, and A. K. Dzizenko, Khim. Prirodn. Soedin., 642 (1972).
Yu. I. El'kin, A. I. Kalinovskii, A. F. Pavlenko, N. I. Shul'ga, B. V. Rozynov, and A. K. Dzizenko, Khim. Prirodn. Soedin., 605 (1973).
V. M. Easterwood and B. J. L. Huff, Svensk Papperstidn.,72, 768 (1969).
Additional information
Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 142–145, March–April, 1974.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Pavlenko, A.F., Kurika, A.V., Khomenko, V.A. et al. Polysaccharides of brown algae VIII. A study of pelvecyan and sargassan by methylation. Chem Nat Compd 10, 155–158 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563600
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563600