Studies on Single Chain Structure of Konjac Glucomannan

1INTRODUCTION The single chain structure of KGM is the ele-mentary acting unit of its biological function and viscoelasticity of mechanical properties.The re-search method of saccharide chain and the com-plexity of its structure have restricted the study on structure-activity relationship.Therefore,the studies concerning KGM both at home and abroad mainly focus on its application,whereas less on its structure.Previous researches were only related to the determination and distribution as…     

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Interactions between Konjac Glucomannan and Carrageenan

The interactions between konjac glucomannan and carrageenan were studied with the method of molecular dynamics simulation. Part representative structure segments of KGM and two unit structures of κ-carrageenan （Fig. 2） were used as mode, and the force-field was AMBER2. The stability and sites of konjac glucomannan/carrageenan interactions in water were researched at 373 K with the following results： the potential energy （EPOT） of the mixed gel was dropped, while those of single-konjac glucomannan gel and single carrageenan were increased. The surface area （SA） of KGM in the mixed system was decreased to 1002.2A^°^2, and that of carrageenan to 800.9 A^°^2. The variations of two parameters showed that the stability of compound gel konjac glucomannan/carrageenan was improved, which is consistent with the previous studies. The sites of interactions in the mixed gel were the -OH groups on C（2）, C（4） and C（6）, the acetyl group in KGM mannose, and the -OH group on C（6） in carrageenan. The hydrogen bond was formed directly or indirectly by the bridge of waters.     

Studies on the Effect of Structure to Property Stability of Glucomannan

1 INTRODUCTION Directive action of hydrogen bond paves the way for new fields of biological activity, molecular re- cognition and crystal engineering[1]. Hydrogen bond plays an important role in the physical and chemical properties, such as melting point, boiling point, solu- bility, acid strength, viscosity and hardness degree[2]. At present, the popular tools used to investigate hy- drogen bond include wet melting point method, chromatography analysis method, spectrum method and diffract…