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Syryamina VN, Wu X, Boulos S, Nyström L, Yulikov M. Pulse EPR spectroscopy and molecular modeling reveal the origins of the local heterogeneity of dietary fibers. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 319:121167. [PMID: 37567691 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Optimizing human diet by including dietary fibers would be more efficient when the fibers' chain interactions with other molecules are understood in depth. Thereby, it is important to develop methods for characterizing the fiber chain to be able to monitor its structural alterations upon intermolecular interactions. Here, we demonstrate the utility of the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, complemented by simulations in probing the atomistic details of the chain conformations for spin-labeled fibers. Barley β-glucan, a native polysaccharide with linear chain, was utilized as a test fiber system to demonstrate the technique's capabilities. Pulse dipolar EPR data show good agreement with results of the fiber chain modeling, revealing sinuous chain conformations and providing polymer shape descriptors: the gyration tensor, spin-spin distance distribution function, and information about proton density near the spin probe. Results from EPR measurements point to the fiber aggregation in aqueous solution, which agrees with the results of the dynamic light scattering. We propose that the combination of pulse EPR measurements with modeling can be a perfect experimental tool for in-depth structural investigation of dietary fibers and their interaction under such conditions, and that the presented methodology can be extended to other weakly ordered or disordered macromolecules.
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- Victoria N Syryamina
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg, 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Locust Bean Gum, a Vegetable Hydrocolloid with Industrial and Biopharmaceutical Applications. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27238265. [PMID: 36500357 PMCID: PMC9736161 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Locust bean gum (LBG), a vegetable galactomannan extracted from carob tree seeds, is extensively used in the food industry as a thickening agent (E410). Its molecular conformation in aqueous solutions determines its solubility and rheological performance. LBG is an interesting polysaccharide also because of its synergistic behavior with other biopolymers (xanthan gum, carrageenan, etc.). In addition, this hydrocolloid is easily modified by derivatization or crosslinking. These LBG-related products, besides their applications in the food industry, can be used as encapsulation and drug delivery devices, packaging materials, batteries, and catalyst supports, among other biopharmaceutical and industrial uses. As the new derivatized or crosslinked polymers based on LBG are mainly biodegradable and non-toxic, the use of this polysaccharide (by itself or combined with other biopolymers) will contribute to generating greener products, considering the origin of raw materials used, the modification procedures selected and the final destination of the products.
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Characterization of hydrophobic interaction of galactomannan in aqueous solutions using fluorescence-based technique. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 267:118183. [PMID: 34119151 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Fluorescence probing was used to study hydrophobic interactions of galactomannan (GM) obtained from fenugreek gum (FG), guar gum (GG), and locust bean gum (LBG) at different M/G ratios. The I1/I3 ratio of pyrene changed from 1.73 to 1.29, 1.22, and 1.29 for FG, GG and LBG, respectively, as the concentration of GM increased from 0.01 to 8.0 g/L at 30 °C. The critical aggregation concentration of FG, GG, and LBG increased from 1.04 to 3.84 g/L, 1.15 to 3.73 g/L, and 0.94 to 3.63 g/L, respectively, as temperature increased from 10 to 70 °C. Addition of Na2SO4 and NaSCN increased the I1/I3 ratio in dilute solution, but reduced it in semi-dilute solution, whereas adding urea reduced I1/I3 in dilute solution but increased it in semi-dilute solution. These results indicated that the CAC of GM, polarity and number of hydrophobic microdomains were highly dependent on the M/G ratio and galactose distribution.
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Influence of the extraction time on macromolecular parameters of galactomannans. Carbohydr Polym 2015; 116:200-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Revised: 04/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wu Y, Li W, Cui W, Eskin N, Goff H. A molecular modeling approach to understand conformation–functionality relationships of galactomannans with different mannose/galactose ratios. Food Hydrocoll 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2011.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wu Y, Cui W, Eskin N, Goff H. Rheological investigation of synergistic interactions between galactomannans and non-pectic polysaccharide fraction from water soluble yellow mustard mucilage. Carbohydr Polym 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Two galactomannan preparations from seeds from Mimosa scabrella (bracatinga): Complexation with oxovanadium(IV/V) and cytotoxicity on HeLa cells. J Inorg Biochem 2009; 103:749-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2009.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2008] [Revised: 01/19/2009] [Accepted: 01/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Vendruscolo CW, Ferrero C, Pineda EA, Silveira JL, Freitas RA, Jiménez-Castellanos MR, Bresolin TM. Physicochemical and mechanical characterization of galactomannan from Mimosa scabrella: Effect of drying method. Carbohydr Polym 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Altaner CM, Jarvis MC. Modelling polymer interactions of the 'molecular Velcro' type in wood under mechanical stress. J Theor Biol 2008; 253:434-45. [PMID: 18485371 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2007] [Revised: 03/03/2008] [Accepted: 03/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Trees withstand wind and snow loads by synthesising wood that varies greatly in mechanical properties: flexible in twigs and in the stem of the sapling, and rigid in the outer part of the mature stem. The 'molecular Velcro' model of Keckes et al. [2003. Cell-wall recovery after irreversible deformation of wood. Nat. Mater. 2, 810-814] permits the simulation of the tensile properties of water-saturated wood as found in living trees. A basic feature of this model is the presence of non-covalent interactions between hemicellulose chains attached to adjacent cellulose microfibrils, which are disrupted above a threshold level of interfibrillar shear. However, other evidence does not confirm the importance of hemicellulose-hemicellulose association in the cohesion of the interfibrillar matrix. Here, we present an alternative model in which hemicellulose chains bridging continuously from one microfibril aggregate (macrofibril) to the next provide most of the cohesion. We show that such hemicellulose bridges exist and that the stripping of the bridging chains from the cellulose surfaces under the tensile stress component normal to the macrofibrils can provide an alternative triggering mechanism for shear deformation between one macrofibril and the next. When one macrofibril then slides past another, a domain of the wood cell wall can extend but simultaneously it twists until the spacing between macrofibrils is reduced again and contact through hemicelluloses bridges is restored. Overall deformation therefore takes place through a series of local stick-slip events involving temporary twisting of small domains within the wood cell wall. Modelled load-deformation curves for this modified 'molecular Velcro' model are similar, although not identical, to those for the original model. However, the mechanism is different and more consistent with current views of the structure of wood cell walls, providing a framework within which the developmental control of rigidity in wood synthesised in different parts of a tree may be considered.
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- C M Altaner
- WestChem, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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Rinaudo M. Main properties and current applications of some polysaccharides as biomaterials. POLYM INT 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.2378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 672] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Gomez C, Rinaudo M, Villar M. Oxidation of sodium alginate and characterization of the oxidized derivatives. Carbohydr Polym 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cui SW, Eskin MAN, Wu Y, Ding S. Synergisms between yellow mustard mucilage and galactomannans and applications in food products--a mini review. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2006; 128-130:249-56. [PMID: 17196539 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2006.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Yellow or white mustard (Sinapis alba L.) is unique in the mustard family by containing large amounts of mucilaginous material in the seed coat. This material was shown to exhibit similar rheological properties to xanthan gum such as shear thinning flow behavior and weak gel structure. This review will discuss the synergistic interactions between yellow mustard mucilage (YMM) and galactomannans, particularly locust bean gum (LBG), and its potential food applications. In addition, synergistic interactions between YMM, with or without LBG, on starch paste viscosity and syneresis will also be reviewed. The thickening, texturizing and stabilizing properties of YMM, and its ability to form gels at very low concentration in the presence of LBG, could lead to many food and industrial applications.
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- Steve W Cui
- Food Research Program, AAFC, Guelph, Canada.
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[Chemical structure: see text] This paper describes the behavior of some polysaccharides with well-known chemical structures and in which the influence of cooperative secondary interactions play an important role. The roles played by hydrophobic and ionic interactions (including ionic selectivity) on polysaccharide conformation and gelation are discussed. Electrostatic attractions are also important in the complexes formed between surfactants and polyelectrolytes of opposite charge. Finally, van der Waals dipolar interactions and particularly hydrogen-bond formation are examined. The role of hydrogen bonds in solubility, conformation, and especially the local stiffness of polysaccharides, but also in polymer-polymer complexes frequently obtained with polysaccharides, is developed. Repeat unit for a number polysaccharides.
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Garros-Rosa I, Reicher F, Petkowicz CLO, Sierakowski MR, Moreira RA. Characterization of the galactomannans from Parkinsonia aculeata seeds and their application on affinity chromatography. POLIMEROS 2006. [DOI: 10.1590/s0104-14282006000200008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Taravel F, Mazeau K, Tvaros¡ka I. Computer Modeling of Polysaccharide–Polysaccharide Interactions. POLYSACCHARIDES 2004. [DOI: 10.1201/9781420030822.ch11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Mazeau K, Rinaudo M. The prediction of the characteristics of some polysaccharides from molecular modeling. Comparison with effective behavior. Food Hydrocoll 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2004.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fang Y, Takahashi R, Nishinari K. A Gel Network Constituted by Rigid Schizophyllan Chains and Nonpermanent Cross-Links. Biomacromolecules 2003; 5:126-36. [PMID: 14715018 DOI: 10.1021/bm034261n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This work reports a gel network formed by rigid schizophyllan (SPG) chains with Borax as a cross-linking agent. The formed cross-links are non-permanent and somewhat dynamic in nature because the cross-linking reaction is governed by a complexation equilibrium. Gelation processes are traced by dynamic viscoelastic measurements to examine the effects of Borax content, SPG concentration, temperature, salt concentration, salt type, and strain. The first-order kinetic model containing three parameters, t(0) (induction time), 1/tau(c) (gelation rate), and (saturated storage modulus), is successfully applied to describe the gelation of the SPG-Borax system. Gelation occurs faster at higher Borax content, higher SPG concentration, higher salt concentration, or lower temperature. Moreover the gelation is cation-type-specific. Storage modulus is a linear function of both Borax content and SPG concentration. The linear relationship between storage modulus and Borax content can be explained by a modified ideal rubber elasticity theory with a front factor alpha to take into account the presence of ineffective cross-links and the effect of SPG chain rigidity. On the other hand, the linear dependence of storage modulus on SPG concentration could be explained on the basis of chain-chain contacting behavior of extended SPG chains. Apparent activation energy and cross-linking enthalpy are calculated to be -74.5 and -32.4 kJ/mol for the present system. Strain sweep measurements manifest that the elasticity behavior of this gel starts to deviate from Gaussian-chain network at a small strain of 10%.
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- Yapeng Fang
- Department of Food and Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi, 558-8585, Japan
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Laguna MTR, Tarazona MP, Saiz E. The use of molecular dynamics for the study of solution properties of guar gum. J Chem Phys 2003. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1579674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Picout DR, Ross-Murphy SB, Errington N, Harding SE. Pressure cell assisted solution characterization of polysaccharides. 1. Guar gum. Biomacromolecules 2003; 2:1301-9. [PMID: 11777407 DOI: 10.1021/bm010118n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To reduce time-dependent aggregation phenomena and achieve true "molecular" solution, the "pressure cell" solubilization method of Vorwerg and co-workers was applied to solutions of guar galactomannans (three samples of different molecular weights), using various heating, time, and pressure profiles. Physicochemical characterization of the guar samples before and after pressure cell treatment included measurements of intrinsic viscosity [eta] by capillary viscometry and M(w) and radius of gyration from size exclusion chromatography coupled to multiangle laser light scattering (SEC/MALLS). Heating the guar solutions (100-160 degrees C) without pressurization produced chain degradation with [eta] and M(w) values being reduced significantly, whereas this effect was reduced substantially for samples subject to initial pressurization ( approximately 5-10 bar). The constants in the Mark-Houwink-Sakurada equation, relating [eta] and M(w) were established and the characteristic ratio C(infinity) and chain persistence length L(p) were calculated using both the Burchard-Stockmayer-Fixman (BSF) method for flexible and semiflexible chains and the Hearst method more appropriate for stiffened chains. Definitive conclusions can now be drawn on the flexibility of the guar chain backbone, with L(p) approximately 4 nm from the BSF plot, in good agreement with previously published work using such geometric methods. This contrasts with the higher values obtained from extrapolation of data for polyelectrolytes with a similar backbone geometry, such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, to "infinite" ionic strength.
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- D R Picout
- Biopolymers Group, Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, Waterloo, London SE1 9NN, UK
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Cheng Y, Prud'homme RK, Thomas JL. Diffusion of Mesoscopic Probes in Aqueous Polymer Solutions Measured by Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching. Macromolecules 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ma0107758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yu Cheng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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Chapter 9 Molar mass determination of complex bioglycopolymers by size exclusion chromatography and light scattering detection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4770(02)80034-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Enzymatic hydrolysis was monitored in real-time using time dependent static light scattering (TDSLS) for a variety of galactomannans from native Brazilian flora. alpha-Galactosidase, which strips only the (1-6)alpha-D galactose side groups, and beta-mannanase, which hydrolyses only the (1-4)beta-D mannan main chain into oligosaccharides were investigated separately and in combination. The time-dependent signatures matched those describing side-chain stripping for galactosidase, whereas those resulting from the action of mannanase followed the signature typical of random backbone cleavage. Use of both enzymes together required that the TDSLS theory of polymer degradation be extended to the case where random backbone cleavage sites appear as side chains are stripped by the first enzyme. Whereas galactosidase allowed mannanase to access more backbone cleavage sites as time passes, leading to a higher degree of hydrolysis, there was no increase in rate constants. The distribution of random fragments in the case of mannanase digestion alone followed reasonably well the predictions for random cleavage of a single-strand polymer with a restricted number of cleavage sites. The fragment distributions were evaluated by size exclusion chromatography.
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- J L Ganter
- Physics Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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Rinaudo M. Relation between the molecular structure of some polysaccharides and original properties in sol and gel states. Food Hydrocoll 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0268-005x(01)00041-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dervilly-Pinel G, Thibault JF, Saulnier L. Experimental evidence for a semi-flexible conformation for arabinoxylans. Carbohydr Res 2001; 330:365-72. [PMID: 11270815 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(00)00300-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Purified water-soluble arabinoxylans from wheat flour were deferuloylated and fractionated into six fractions by graded ethanol precipitation. Further fractionation by HPSEC on Sephacryl S500 resulted in 48 subfractions with low polydispersity index. Conformational characteristics (persistence length q, hydrodynamic parameter v and Mark-Houwink exponent a) were similar among all subfractions and fitted with a semi-flexible conformation, whatever their structural characteristics. Substitution degree of the xylan backbone by arabinose residues has no influence on the conformation of arabinoxylans.
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Polysaccharides, leurs Organisations et Interactions, INRA, B.P. 71627, Nantes, France
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