| Abstract: | The results are given of investigations of the polysaccharide complex of the leaves ofPolygonum weyrichii. The complex was isolated by alkaline extraction from the leaves. The water-soluble fraction of the alkali-soluble hemicelluloses has been characterized. It consists of an arabinoxyloglucan. Information is given on the isolation and characterization of the composition and properties of the xyloglucan. Structural features of the biopolymer have been investigated.M. V. Lomonosov Odessa Technological Institute of the Food Industry. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 12–15, January–February, 1984. |
