Glucomannoglycans (glucomannans) from the tubers of Satyrium coriifolium and S. carneum

✍ Scribed by Wilfred T. Mabusela; Alistair M. Stephen; Peter J. McEwan; Allen L. Rodgers; Edward D.T. Atkins

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 393 KB
• Volume: 190
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-6215
• DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(89)84156-4

✦ Synopsis

Satyr&z coriifolium and S. carneum, which usually become dormant during the non-vegetative season, have subterranean tubers that serve as storage reservoirs for essential nutrients.

The main polysaccharide components found in tubers of some species of Orchidales are glucomannoglycans1,2 (referred to usually as glucomannans). Structural studies of the major polysaccharides in the tubers of S. coriifolium and S. carneum, originating in the Southern Hemisphere, were under-