A β-glucan from the fruit bodies of edible mushrooms Pleurotus eryngii and Pleurotus ostreatoroseus

Pleurotus eryngii

Immune support

SpeciesKing Oyster, Eryngii

JournalCarbohydrate polymers

Year2006

Key points

The glucans of basidiomycetes are an important class of polysaccharides with potential biological activities
In this work, the β-glucans were isolated from the fruiting bodies of edible mushrooms, Pleurotus eryngii and Pleurotus ostreatoroseus, via extraction with hot water, and then fractionation by freeze-thawing
The insoluble glucans gave similar 13C NMR spectra, monosaccharide composition and methylation analyses, and P. eryngii was selected for further controlled Smith degradation, and DEPT and 1H (obs.), 13C HMQC spectroscopy
It was a branched β-glucan, with a main chain of (1 to 3)-linked-Glcp residues, substituted at O-6 by single-unit β-Glcp side-chains, on average to every third residue of the backbone, as in scleroglucan

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Abstract

The glucans of basidiomycetes are an important class of polysaccharides with potential biological activities. In this work, the β-glucans were isolated from the fruiting bodies of edible mushrooms, Pleurotus eryngii and Pleurotus ostreatoroseus, via extraction with hot water, and then fractionation by freeze-thawing. The insoluble glucans gave similar 13C NMR spectra, monosaccharide composition and methylation analyses, and P. eryngii was selected for further controlled Smith degradation, and DEPT and 1H (obs.), 13C HMQC spectroscopy. It was a branched β-glucan, with a main chain of (1 to 3)-linked-Glcp residues, substituted at O-6 by single-unit β-Glcp side-chains, on average to every third residue of the backbone, as in scleroglucan.

Citation

Carbonero ER, Gracher AHP, Smiderle FR, Rosado FR, Sassaki GL, Gorin PAJ, et al. (2006). A β-glucan from the fruit bodies of edible mushrooms Pleurotus eryngii and Pleurotus ostreatoroseus. Carbohydrate polymers https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.03.009

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