Galactans - organic substances, complex polysaccharides built from galactose or compounds of galactose with other sugars ; general formula: (C 6 H 10 O 5 ) n . It is found in many plants (in significant quantities - in sugar beets ). Galactans form the main hydrocarbon part of agar-agar , plant gum and mucus. When galactans are oxidized , mucus acid is formed .
Galactans synthesized by the plant Anogeissus latifolia mainly contain α bonds (1 → 6), and galactan from acacia contains α bonds (1 → 3) [1] .
See also.
- Agar agar
- Galactooligosaccharides
Notes
- ↑ Zanetti, Maurizio. The antibodies. - Luxembourg: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1995 .-- P. 78. - ISBN 0-415-28466-X .
Links
- Galactan // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.