COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON STRUCTURAL FEATURE OF AGAR POLYSACCHARIDES FROM PORPHYRA HAITANENSIS GROWN IN SOUTH AND NORTH CHINA

The structural feature of agar polysaccharides from Porphyra haitanensis grown in south China and transplanted to the north was investigated by fractioriation on DEAE - Sephadex A 50, chemical analysis, and infrared and 13C - NMR spectroscopy.The agars composed mainly of Charged molecules were eluted from DEAE - Sephadex A 50 with 1.0 mol/L- NaCl solution from the southern P. haitanensis and with 0.5 mol/L NaCl from the northern one. The 13C-NMR spectra showed that agarobiose [(1 -3)- B D - galactopyranosyl - (1 -4)-3,6-anhydro-a-L-galactopyranose] and the biological precursor of agarobiose [(1-3} B-D-galactopyra nosyl- (1-4)- 6- sulfate-a- L-galactopyranose ] were the major disaccharide repeating units in the charged fractions. The content of the biological precur sor in the agar polysaccharides from southern P. haitanensis was higher than that in the northern one, the content of the biological precursor extracted from cold water was higher than that from hot water, and the content of 6-

南、北方坛紫菜多糖结构特征的比较研究

对南方产(1987年3月采)和移植北方养殖(1988年11月采)的两种坛紫菜的热水和冷水提取多糖进行了层析分级,用^(13)C-NMR和IR光谱研究了各级分的化学结构特征,结果表明,南北方坛紫菜多糖分别主要由用 1.0mol/L和0.5mol/L NaCl从DEAE—Sephadex A_(50)层析柱洗脱下的带电荷的琼胶糖分子组成;^(13)C-NMR谱图表明坛紫菜主要由琼胶糖结构及其生物前体(硫酸基结合在L-半乳糖的第6位碳上)构成,且甲基化琼胶糖在南方坛紫菜中的含量明显比北移坛紫菜高,这是坛紫菜由南方移植北方后的明显差异。