ISOLATION OF AN ARABINOGALACTAN FROM ELAEOCARPUS FLORIBUNDA BLUME (JALPAI) FRUIT

摘要

Soluble dietary fibre (SDF) from the edible part of Elaeocarpusfloribunda Blume fruit was isolated and analysed. The neutral part ofthe SDF was found to be an arabinogalactan composed of (1→4)-β-linked galactan main chain having substitution at 3 and/ or 6position by a and β arabinofuranoside residues.