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Polysaccharides from Lichens: 13C-NMR Studies on (1–6) - Beta-D-Glucan (Pustulan)

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The ubiquitous character of polysaccharides in nature provides the historical basis for the study and utilization of these renewable materials1–3. Considerable research has been focused on the chemical structure, molecular conformation, crystalline morphology, and physical properties of commercially important polysaccharides such as cellulose, starch, chitin, and xanthan gum while lesser attention has been directed to those carbohydrate-based polymers which serve as naturally occurring “specialty chemicals”. In the present study we have investigated the unique molecular properties of pustulan, a water-soluble, gel-forming polysaccharide produced by the lichen Umbilicaria papullosa (pustulata). Lichens are rather unusual organisms which represent a symbiotic relationship between a photosynthetic algae and a fungus which develops for the mutual benefit of both microorganisms in response to environmental stress such as dehydration4.

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Stipanovic, A.J., Giammatteo, P.J., Robie, S.B. (1986). Polysaccharides from Lichens: 13C-NMR Studies on (1–6) - Beta-D-Glucan (Pustulan). In: Carraher, C.E., Sperling, L.H. (eds) Renewable-Resource Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2205-4_3

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