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American Chemical Society, Biomacromolecules, 3(13), p. 751-759, 2012

DOI: 10.1021/bm201674n

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Structural properties of colloidal complexes between condensed tannins and polysaccharide hyaluronan

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Abstract

Interactions of plant tannins with polysaccharide hyaluronan are studied by means of light scattering and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). In this paper, we show that (1) the tannin-polysaccharide complexes remain stable in colloidal suspension; (2) the masses and structures of colloidal tannin-polysaccharide objects depend on the tannin degree of polymerization; and (3) the densities of tannin-polysaccharide aggregates are about 7 times lower than the density of a single solvated polysaccharide molecule. Short tannins and polysaccharides are aggregated in loose oligomeric structures whose sizes are comparable to a single polysaccharide molecule. Tannins longer than 10 nm and polysaccharides are aggregated in larger microgel-like particles whose sizes exceed 200 nm.