Separation, structure characterization, conformation and immunomodulating effect of a hyperbranched heteroglycan from Radix Astragali

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 667-675

  Yin, Jun Yi ^a,b   Chan, Ben Chung Lap ^a   Yu, Hua ^a   Lau, Iris Yuen Kam ^a   Han, Xiao Qiang ^a   Cheng, Sau Wan ^a   Wong, Chun Kwok ^a,d   Lau, Clara Bik San ^a   Xie, Ming Yong ^b   Fung, Kwok Pui ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a   Han, Quan Bin ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Immunomodulating effect; Morphology feature; Polysaccharide; Radix Astragali; Structure character

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; AFM; AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; BRANCHING POINTS; HETEROGLYCAN; HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD; HYPERBRANCHED; IMMUNOMODULATING EFFECT; METHYLATION ANALYSIS; MOLAR RATIO; MONOSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY ANALYSIS; NMR SPECTRUM; RADIX ASTRAGALI; RANDOM COIL; SIDE-CHAINS; STRUCTURE CHARACTER; STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION; TERMINAL RESIDUES; WATER-SOLUBLE POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALKYLATION; GLUCOSE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

ARA;

EID: 80054748352     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.08.045     Document Type: Article

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