Galactan

Galactan
Names
	Other names D-Galactan; Galactosan
Identifiers
CAS Number	9037-55-2;
ChEBI	CHEBI:37165;
KEGG	C05796;
Properties
Chemical formula	(C6H10O5)n
Molar mass	Variable
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
	Infobox references

Galactan (galactosan) is a polysaccharide consisting of polymerized galactose.^[1] In general, galactans in natural sources contain a core of galactose units connected by α(1→3) or α(1→6), with structures containing other monosaccharides as side-chains.^[2]

Galactan derived from Anogeissus latifolia is primarily α(1→6), but galactan from acacia trees is primarily α(1→3).^[3]

Halymenia durvillei is a red seaweed (algae) with a great potential as sulphated galactan producer.^[4] Several other algae species also contain galactans.^[5] Including Carpopeltis F.Schmitz, 1895.^[6]

References

↑ Galactans at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
↑ Zanetti, Maurizio; Capra, Donald J. (2003-09-02) (in en). The Antibodies. CRC Press. pp. 78. ISBN 9780203216514. https://books.google.com/books?id=GDuy5zL6eRAC&pg=PA78.
↑ Zanetti, Maurizio (1995). The antibodies. Luxembourg: Harwood Academic Publishers. pp. 78. ISBN 0-415-28466-X.
↑ Fenoradosoa, T. A.; Delattre, C.; Laroche, C.; Wadouachi, A.; Dulong, V.; Picton, L.; Andriamadio, P.; Michaud, P. (1 August 2009). "Highly sulphated galactan from Halymenia durvillei (Halymeniales, Rhodophyta), a red seaweed of Madagascar marine coasts". Int J Biol Macromol 45 (2): 140-5. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.04.015.
↑ Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry Vol. 65 (2011), p. 168, at Google Books
↑ I.J. Miller and J. Mollion, Evaluation of the structures of galactans from Carpopeltis sp. a member of the Halymeniales in the western Indian Ocean, Bot. Mar., 49 (2006) 79-85

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[1] Galactans at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

[2] Zanetti, Maurizio; Capra, Donald J. (2003-09-02) (in en). The Antibodies. CRC Press. pp. 78. ISBN 9780203216514. https://books.google.com/books?id=GDuy5zL6eRAC&pg=PA78.

[3] Zanetti, Maurizio (1995). The antibodies. Luxembourg: Harwood Academic Publishers. pp. 78. ISBN 0-415-28466-X.

[4] Fenoradosoa, T. A.; Delattre, C.; Laroche, C.; Wadouachi, A.; Dulong, V.; Picton, L.; Andriamadio, P.; Michaud, P. (1 August 2009). "Highly sulphated galactan from Halymenia durvillei (Halymeniales, Rhodophyta), a red seaweed of Madagascar marine coasts". Int J Biol Macromol 45 (2): 140-5. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.04.015.

[5] Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry Vol. 65 (2011), p. 168, at Google Books

[6] I.J. Miller and J. Mollion, Evaluation of the structures of galactans from Carpopeltis sp. a member of the Halymeniales in the western Indian Ocean, Bot. Mar., 49 (2006) 79-85

Galactan

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