Water Soluble Polysaccharide from Garhwal Region Flora of Mucuna Pruriens Bak. Seeds


R. B. Singh

Department of Zoology, Social Forestry of Environment, Institute of Basic Sciences, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra - 282 002 India.

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ABSTRACT:

Mucuna pruriens Bak. seeds yielded a water soluble polysaccharide as D-galactose and D-mannose in 1:3 molar ratio. It consumed 1.28 moles of iodine by iodometrically. Sugars were separated by cellulose column and identified by paper chromatography.

KEYWORDS:

polysaccharide; D-galactose; chromatography


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