Structural study of fucoidan from sea cucumber acaudina molpadioides: A fucoidan containing novel tetrafucose repeating unit

Long Yu, Lei Ge, Changhu Xue, Yaoguang Chang, Cuiyu Zhang, Xiaoqi Xu, Yanchao Wang

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Abstract

Structure of fucoidan from sea cucumber Acaudina molpadioides (Am-FUC) was investigated in this study. Low molecular weight polysaccharide of Am-FUC (Am-LMW) was prepared by enzymatic degradation and assayed by nuclear magnetic resonance. According to the structure of Am-LMW, and referring to previously reported information of Am-FUC oligosaccharides, the structure of Am-FUC was elucidated as [→3-α-L-Fucp-1 →3-α-L-Fucp2,4(OSO -3)-1→3-α-L-Fucp-1→3-α-L- Fucp2(OSO-3 )-1→]n. Compared to other investigated fucoidans, which also consist of tetrafucose repeating units with 1?3-linkages, Am-FUC contains a novel repeating unit distinctive in sulphation pattern.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-200
Number of pages4
JournalFood Chemistry
Volume142
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Sea cucumber fucoidan structure nmr fucoidanase

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