Separation of trimethylsilylated oximes of monosaccharides by capillary gas-liquid chromatography

Summary Trimethylsilylated oximes (TMS-oximes) of arabinose, fucose, galactose, glucose, mannose, rhamnose, xylose, glucuronic acid, and galacturonic acid were prepared using a two-step derivatization procedure. The TMS-oximes were separated and quantitated by gas-liquid chromatography using a 25-m fused-silica capillary column coated with crosslinked methylsilicone stationary phase. Starting with dried sugar extract, the entire procedure can be accomplished within 2 hours.     

Pectins of the familyLamiaceae (Labiatae)

The pectin substances (PSs) of members of the familyLamiaceae (Labiatae) Nepeta transcaucasica (I),Ziziphora capitata (II),Rosmarinus officinalis (III), andSalvia officinalis (IV) have been isolated, purified, and characterized. It has been shown that the PSs mainly contain residues of rhamnose, arabinose, galactose, xylose, glucose, and, in small amounts, those of fucose, mannose, and ribose, and differ in their quantitative ratios. The polymer chains are constructed D-galacturonic acid residues with a predominance of 1 → 4-α-glycosidic bonds.     

超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定螺旋藻多糖的单糖组成

建立了同时测定螺旋藻多糖水解产物中鼠李糖、木糖、阿拉伯糖、果糖、甘露糖、葡萄糖、半乳糖、甘露醇、核糖、岩藻糖、葡萄糖醛酸、半乳糖醛酸12种糖类化合物的超高效液相色谱-串联质谱分析方法。螺旋藻样品经超声波辅助提取,用三氟乙酸水解,经Waters Acquity BEH Amide色谱柱(100 mm×2.1 mm,1.7μm)分离,以10mmol/L甲酸铵和10 mmol/L甲酸铵-乙腈为流动相,在电喷雾电离源负离子(ESI-)模式下,用多反应监测(MRM)模式检测。结果表明,12种糖类化合物的定量限为0.005~0.15 mg/kg,线性范围为0.05~5 mg/L。按照样品中每种糖本底含量的50%、100%、150%进行添加,回收率为80.21%~121.6%。应用该方法对螺旋藻样品进行分析,结果发现:大部分样品都能检测到岩藻糖、半乳糖、阿拉伯糖、鼠李糖、葡萄糖、果糖、木糖、核糖,含量在0.3~889.4 mg/g之间。此外,测定的15个样品中岩藻糖、半乳糖、阿拉伯糖、鼠李糖、葡萄糖、果糖、木糖、核糖是共有组分,含量差异较大,但在所有样品中均未检测到甘露醇和甘露糖。该方法的建立可为阐明螺旋藻多糖的结构组成及其活性提供技术支撑及基础数据。     

Characterisation of natural polysaccharides (plant gums) used as binding media for artistic and historic works by capillary zone electrophoresis

The monosaccharide constituents of plant gums were separated by capillary electrophoresis at pH 12.1 and detected with indirect UV absorbance. The plant gums investigated were gum arabic, gum acacia, gum tragacanth, cherry gum and locust bean gum (carob gum). The monosaccharides obtained after hydrolysis with 2M trifluoroacetic acid and lyophilisation of the hydrolysate were arabinose, galactose, mannose, rhamnose, xylose, fucose, and glucose, and the two sugar acids galacturonic and glucuronic acid, in accordance with the literature. They were separated in a background electrolyte consisting of NaOH to adjust the pH, 20 mM 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid as chromophore for detection and 0.5 mM cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as additive to reverse the electroosmotic flow. Based on their electropherograms, the plant gums could be identified by their typical composition (depicted in a decision scheme) as follows: a peak of glucuronic acid, together with that of rhamnose, is indicative for gum arabic. Peaks of galacturonic acid and fucose point to gum tragacanth. Locust bean gum shows a major peak for mannose (with the concomitant galactose peak in ratio 4-1), whereas a glucuronic acid and a mannose peak together with a prominent arabinose peak indicates cherry gum. The method was applied to identify the plant gums in samples like watercolours and in several paint layers like gum tempera or those with egg white or drying oils as additives. Artificial aging experiments of thin layers of gum arabic on paper or glass carried out with UV-A radiation (366 nm) did not result in changes of the saccharide patterns, in contrast to the simultaneously conducted aging of a drying oil layer.     

用毛细管气相色谱法测定多糖中单糖的组成

报道了测定多糖中单糖组成的糖醇乙酸酯的毛细管气相色谱分析方法。使用ＯＶ－２２５毛细管气相色谱柱分离了１１种单糖的糖醇乙酸酯衍生物,在０．２～１．６８ｇ／Ｌ质量浓度范围内,１１种单糖定量校正曲线的线性关系廊。应用该法测定了胡麻我发多糖和少 我中单糖的组成。为这些药物多糖的基础研究提供了有用的信息。     

Structural analysis of the gum polysaccharide from anacardium occidentale

The gum exudate from Anacardium occidentale contains galactose (61 %), arabinose (14 %), rhamnose (7 %), glucose (8 %) and glucuronic acid (5 %) in addition to small amounts (<2 %) of each of mannose, xylose and 4-0 methylglucuronic acid. Contrary to earlier findings, the main aldobiuronic acid present is 6-O-(β-D-glucopyranosyluronic acid)-D-galactose; smaller amounts of the 4-O-methyl analogue are also present. Mild acid hydrolysis showed only two galactobioses, 3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-D-galactose (major

component) and 6-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-D-galactose (minor component). Degraded gum A, prepared by controlled acid hydrolysis, contained galactose, glucose, and uronic acid. A Smith-degradation of degraded gum A gave degraded gum B, which contained only galactose. Sequential Smith-degradations of Anacardium occidentale gum, and methylation analyses of the gum and of its degradation products indicated a highly-branched galactan framework consisting of chains of β-(1–3)-linked D-galactose residues branched and interspersed with β-(1–6) linkages. Arabinose is present as end-groups or in short (1–2)-linked chains up to five units long. Glucose, rhamnose, mannose xylose, and uronic acid are all present as end-groups.     

Polysaccharides of Algae 71*. Polysaccharides of the Pacific brown alga <Emphasis Type="Italic">Alaria marginata</Emphasis>

The polysaccharide composition in sporophylls of the brown alga Alaria marginata enriched with laminaran and sulfated polysaccharides was studied. It was shown that laminaran molecules had an average degree of polymerization about 30 and consisted mainly of 3-linked β-D-glucopyranose residues, having no more than 10% of 1→6 linkages. The majority of chains (about 60%) were terminated at "reducing" end by mannitol residue. Alginic acid of sporophylls contained mannuronic (M) and guluronic (G) acids residues distributed along the linear polymer molecules as MM, MG, and GG blocks at a ratio of 4: 1: 1. Fucoidan was found to be composed of fucose, galactose, and sulfate as the major constituents, while xylose, mannose, glucuronic acid, and acetate were the minor components. It was shown that fucoidan contained two major components: fucan sulfate, molecules of which are built up of 3-linked fucopyranose residues with branches and sulfate groups at different positions, and fucogalactan, also containing chains of 3-linked fucopyranose residues with branches at positions 4 together with highly branched galactan chains terminated by fucose residues. The fucoidan contained also sulfated glucuronomannan and sulfated glucuronan as minor components.     

Glycosides ofVaccaria segetalis

Summary The enzymatic hydrolysis of vaccegoside, a triterpene glycoside fromVaccaria segetalis, has given D-glucose, D-xylose, D-glucuronic acid, an unknown disaccharide, and a 28-O-acyltetraoside of gypsogenin, esterified with sugars at the carboxyl group, containing D-glucose, D-rhamnose, L-arabinose, and D-xylose. It has been shown that the disaccharide has the structure 4-(D-xylopyranosido)-D-glucopyranose. The alkaline hydrolysis of vacsegoside yielded a gypsogenin tetraoside-vaccarotertraoside. The structure of vaccarotetraoside has been established as gypsogenin-(3)--D-glucopyranuronosido-(4 or 2)-D-glucopyranosido-(3)-D-glucopyranosido-(4) d-xylopyranose.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 372–379, 1965.     

Triterpene glycosides ofGypsophilla trichotoma

Conclusions The plantGypsophilla trichotoma Wend. has been found to contain four triterpene glycosides, which have been called trichosides A, B, C, and D.Trichoside D has been isolated in the individual state. It has been shown that its aglycone is gypsogenin. The carbohydrate chain attached to the hydroxyl at C₃ contains D-galactose, L-arabinose, D-xylose, and D-glucuronic acid, and the acyloside chain contains D-glucose, D-galactose, D-xylose, L-rhamnose, and D-fucose.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 434–438, 1970     

Monosaccharide-NAIM derivatives for D-, L-configurational analysis

The D-, L-enantiomeric pairs of common monosaccharides (xylose, ribose, rhamnose, arabinose, fucose, glucose, mannose, galactose, N-acetylgalactosamine, glucuronic acid and galacturonic acid) were derivatized with 2,3-naphthalenediamine to form the corresponding D-, L-aldo-NAIM derivatives. A simple and facile capillary electrophoretic method was established for sugar composition analysis by simultaneously determining the migration times of these aldo-NAIMs using borate buffer at high pH (100 mM, pH 9.0). The methodology is also applicable to sialic acid (ketose monosaccharides). The quantitation level of the proposed method was in the 10~500 ppm range and the LOD was 1 ppm. The enantioseparation of D, L pairs of aldo-NAIMs were also achieved by using modified sulfated-α-cyclodextrin as the chiral selector in phosphate buffer (300 mM, pH 3.0). In addition, the combination by reductive amination of amino-aldo-NAIM agent and D-, L-enantiomeric pairs of monosaccharides formed a diastereomeric pair for saccharide configuration analysis. Aldo-NAIM derivatives are thus shown to be rapid and efficient agents for analyzing saccharide compositions and configurations with good linearity and short analysis times via capillary electrophoresis.     

Synthesis of indolo[2,3-a]carbazole glycoside analogs of rebeccamycin: inhibitors of cyclin D1-CDK4

The synthesis and structure-activity relationships of a new series of indolo[2,3-a]carbazole glycosides, analogs of rebeccamycin, derived from the natural sugars (glucose, fucose, mannose, xylose, rhamnose, and galactose) is described.     

BOLD--a biological O-linked glycan database

Glycans can be O-linked to proteins via the hydroxyl group of serine, threonine, tyrosine, hydroxylysine or hydroxyproline. Sometimes the glycan is O-linked to the hydroxyl group via a phosphodiester bond. The core monosaccharide residue may be N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, galactose, glucose, fucose, mannose, xylose or arabinose. These O-linked glycans can remain as a monosaccharide, but often a complex structure is built up by stepwise addition of monosaccharides. Monosaccharides known to be added include galactose, N-acetylglucosamine, fucose, N-acetylneuraminic acid, N-glycolylneuraminic acid and 2-keto-3-deoxynonulosonic acid. O-linked glycans can also contain sulfate and phosphate residues. This leads to the possibility of the existence of numerous O-glycan structures. The biological O-linked database (BOLD) is a relational database that contains information on O-linked glycan structures, their biological sources (with a link to the SWISS-PROT protein database), the references in which the glycan was described (with a link to MEDLINE), and the methods used to determine the glycan structure. The database provides a valuable resource for glycobiology researchers interested in O-linked oligosaccharide structures that have been previously described on proteins from different species and tissues.     

Optimized hydrolysis and analysis of Radix Asparagi polysaccharide monosaccharide composition by capillary zone electrophoresis

Using orthogonal design, optimized conditions for the hydrolysis of the polysaccharide from Radix Asparagi were determined, as well as its monosaccharide composition. Optimized hydrolysis conditions were a temperature of 100°C in 1.5 M sulfuric acid solution for 5 h. The resulting monosaccharides were derivatized with 1‐phenyl‐3‐methyl‐5‐pyrazolone, then separated by capillary zone electrophoresis in 40 mM sodium tetraborate buffer (pH 10.1), and detected by ultraviolet absorption at 245 nm. Results indicate that the polysaccharide from Radix Asparagi is composed of xylose, arabinose, glucose, rhamnose, mannose, galactose, glucuronic acid, and galacturonic acid, which differs from published findings. Moreover, xylose, glucuronic acid, and galacturonic acid have not been previously reported in Radix Asparagi polysaccharide. This method is simple, fast, and yields a highly efficient separation. As well, these findings can be applied to quality control of Radix Asparagi and for in‐depth study of the biological activity of Radix Asparagi polysaccharide.     

Determination of the compositions of polysaccharides from Chinese herbs by capillary zone electrophoresis with amperometric detection

In this paper, capillary zone electrophoresis with amperometric detection (CZE-AD) was applied to determine the compositions of hetero-polysaccharides from Chinese herbs, Angelica sinensis and flax by analyzing their hydrolyzed monosaccharides: fucose, galactose, glucose, arabinose, rhamnose and xylose. Under the selected optimum conditions, the six monosaccharides could be perfectly separated within 25 min and showed significant current responses at copper electrodes. The linear ranges of the six monosaccharides were all from 5.0 x 10(-6) to 2.0 x 10(-4) mol L(-1) and their detection limits were lower or near 1.0 x 10(-6) mol L(-1) (S/N = 3). Experiments showed that the Angelica sinensis polysaccharide was composed of fucose, galactose, glucose, arabinose, rhamnose and xylose (mole ratio 1.0:13.6:15.0:8.7:21.3:3.7), and the flax polysaccharide was composed of galactose, glucose and arabinose (mole ratio 1.0:4.98:1.1). The purity of these polysaccharides leached by the introduced leaching method was 98.3 and 97.6%, respectively. Analyzing polysaccharides by this method has some merits of speed, simple instrumentation and operation, high sensitivity and high reproducibility.     

气相色谱-质谱联用同时分析新型细菌多糖中的单糖和糖醛酸

对纯化的新型细菌多糖进行酸水解,用乙硫醇-三氟乙酸和醋酐-吡啶体系先后对酸水解物进行衍生,与之前报道不同的是糖醛酸得到有效衍生化。以木糖为内标,采用气相色谱-质谱联用(GC-MS)定量分析该多糖酸水解物中单糖和糖醛酸衍生物发现,该多糖的糖链由岩藻糖、葡萄糖、葡萄糖醛酸和半乳糖组成,其相对物质的量比为1.50:1.0:0.79:2.06;中性糖比例与糖醇乙酸酯化分析岩藻糖、葡萄糖和半乳糖的相对物质的量比(1.76:1.0:1.98)接近;糖醛酸咔唑法与该方法分析葡萄糖醛酸的含量分别为16.19%和14.85%。以上结果表明所建立的衍生化方法及GC-MS同时定量分析多糖酸水解物中单糖和糖醛酸的方法可行。此外还对葡萄糖醛酸的质谱裂解机理进行了阐述。     

Polysaccharide from the leaves ofPhytolacca americana

A polysaccharide has been isolated from the leaves ofPhytolacca americana and has been characterized. It has been established that it contains residues of galactose, arabinose, xylose, and rhamnose, in a ratio of 3:4:1:3 and also D-galacturonic acid (85–90%). The results obtained permit the polysaccharide to be assigned to the class of pectin substances.     

Polysaccharides of brown seaweeds X. The structure of the side chains of the pelvecyan molecule

Summary The compositions and structures of some oligosaccharides isolated by the partial acid hydrolysis and acetolysis of pelvecyan have been established. It has been shown that the side chains of the pelvecyan molecule consist of residues of fucose, xylose, and galactose connected with one another in various sequences and by various types of glycosidic bonds.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 697–699, November–December, 1974.     

An Acidic Polysaccharide from Tribulus terrestris

An aqueous acidic polysaccharide, named rhamnogalacturonan (designated as TIP-D2) was isolated from Tribulus terrestris L by means of DEAE-cellulose chromatography and gel filtration. The molecular mass of TTP-D2 was estimated to be 26 KDa by gel filtration.TTP-D2 is composed of galacturonic acid, rhamnose, arabinose, galactose,fucose,mannose,xylose and glucose in a ratio of 71.4:13.5:5.6:4.9:3.1:1.9:1.9:1.0. The main chain structure of TTP-D2 was elucidated as an acidic hetero-polysaccaride with the connection of α-(1-4) galacturonic acid with α-（1-3) rhamnose by GC analysis of partially hydrolyzed products and determination of ^1H,^13C-NMR spectra.     

Structural studies of the extracellular polysaccharide produced by the diatom chaetoceros curvisetus cleve.

Methylation studies and partial acid hydrolysis have been carried out on the extracellular polysaccharide produced by the diatom Chaetoceros curvisetus. The polysaccharide contains the sugars galactose, rhamnose, and fucose and is partially sulfated. The presence of fucose in both furanose and pyranose forms within one molecule is reported for the first time. The fucofuranose is present as end groups, 1,2-linked and as branch points. Fucopyranose is mainly present as branch points in the polysaccharide, some being 1,3-linked, and a small fraction as end groups. The main part of rhamnose is 1,2-linked and galactose is mainly 1,3-linked.     

Exoglycans of Yersina pseudotuberculosis

Summary 1. From a culture medium of strain 12 ofYersinia pseudotuberculosis of subtype IB a mixture of exoglycans has been isolated which consists of acidic heteropolysaccharides bound ionically to a protein component.2. The yield and monosaccharide composition of the exoglycans produced depend on the conditions of growth and the form of the colonies.3. The exoglycans of the local strain No. 12 and of a standard strain (No. 159) ofY. pseudotuberculosis of subtype IB contain monosaccharides (galactose, glucose, mannose, xylose, arabinose, fucose, glucuronic acid, glucosamine) and differ only by the ratio of the monosaccharide residues.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 315–321, May–June, 1975.