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Table 4 Molecular weight, glycosidic linkage, and monosaccharide composition of polysaccharides from different A. platensis

From: Production and structural characterization of a new type of polysaccharide from nitrogen-limited Arthrospira platensis cultivated in outdoor industrial-scale open raceway ponds

Polysaccharide

Molecular weight (kDa)

Configuration of glycosides

Glycosidic linkage

Monosaccharide composition (%)

References

Glc

Rha

Ara

Xyl

Man

Gal

Fuc

GlcUA

GalUA

PS-NLa

673 and 315

α

1,3 and 1,2 or 1,4

91.41

0.93

0.46

0.32

0.36

0.34

0.40

0

0.59

This study

PSP-3c

12.33

α

–b

> 90

Minor

–

–

Minor

–

–

–

–

[23]

PS

500 and 70

–

1,4

42.5

–

–

–

57.5

–

–

–

–

[20]

PS

1400, 420, and 2

–

–

90.87

2.25

0.68

0.92

1.68

2.40

0.99

–

–

[25]

Glucan

–

α

1,4 (major) and 1,6 (minor)

98.2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

[49]

SPPA-1

690

α

1,4 (major) and 1,6 (minor)

100

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

[50]

PUF2

165

–

–

4.3

49.7

–

5.9

0.9

5.8

–

15.1

16.9

[45]

PSP

–

–

–

21.3

43.6

1.1

2.4

–

1.3

–

–

–

[24]

Immulina polysaccharide

> 1000

–

1,3 and 1,4

3.6

35.4

1.8

5.5

2.4

7.1

7.7

9.7

2.0

[46]

Ca-SP

–

–

1,3 and 1,2 or 1,4

–

52.3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

[47]

  1. aPolysaccharide derived from nitrogen-limited A. platensis
  2. bData unavailable