R. Kurane et Y. Nohata, IDENTIFICATION OF CONSTITUENT SUGARS OF POLYSACCHARIDE BIOABSORBENT FROM ALCALIGENES LATUS, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 59(5), 1995, pp. 908-911
Constituent sugars of the polysaccharide bioabsorbent from Alcaligenes
latus B-16, which can hold water at more than 1000-fold (maximum 2000
-fold) its own weight, were identified by three methods, gas chromatog
raphy, high-pressure liquid chromatography, and gas mass spectroscopy.
This polysaccharide bioabsorbent is composed of four different sugars
: glucose, rhamnose, fucose, and glucuronic acid, The molar ratio of t
he constituent sugars was:glucose:rhamnose:glucuronic acid:fucose = 1.
8:1.1:1:1.