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HERO ID
1742185
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL-PROPERTIES OF RYE NONSTARCH POLYSACCHARIDES .5. VARIABILITY IN THE STRUCTURE OF WATER-SOLUBLE ARABINOXYLANS
Author(s)
Vinkx, CJA; Reynaert, HR; Grobet, PJ; Delcour, JA
Year
1993
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Cereal chemistry
ISSN:
0009-0352
Volume
70
Issue
3
Page Numbers
311-317
Web of Science Id
WOS:A1993LB72800015
Abstract
Subsequent increases in the degree of ammonium sulfate saturation of a rye water extract allowed the precipitation of at least three distinct arabinoxylan fractions that differed markedly in molecular weight distribution and fine structure. A first (main) fraction, precipitated between 25 and 50% saturation, had an arabinose-to-xylose ratio (A/X) of 0.5 with virtually all branched xylose residues substituted at O-3 with arabinose (as shown by 500 MHz H-1-nuclear magnetic resonance [NMR]). This fraction contained ferulic acid (0.04-0.07%), had a lower molecular weight than the other fractions, and gelled oxidatively with the hydrogen peroxide-peroxidase system.
A second (small) fraction had an A/X of 1.4 and precipitated between 75 and 100% ammonium sulfate saturation. It did not gel. All branched xylose residues were substituted at both O-2 and O-3 with arabinose. Structures of one, two, and more consecutive, disubstituted xylose residues in the xylan chain could be recognized in the H-1-NMR spectra.
Fractions precipitating between 50 and 75% ammonium sulfate saturation were not mixtures of these two arabinoxylan fractions because the H-1-NMR spectra showed differences in the ratio of isolated to paired disubstituted xylose residues.
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