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Elsevier, Food Chemistry, (142), p. 197-200, 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.06.079

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

Journal article published in 2014 by Long Yu, Lei Ge, Changhu Xue, Yaoguang Chang ORCID, 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(OSO3(-))-1→3-α-l-Fucp-1→3-α-l-Fucp2(OSO3(-))-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.