Polysaccharides from Ganoderma spp. and their adulterants were firstly investigated and compared using saccharide mapping, enzymatic (endo-1,3-β-D-glucanase and pectinase) digestion followed by polysaccharide analysis using carbohydrate gel electrophoresis analysis. The results showed that both 1,3-β-D-glucosidic and 1,4-α-D-galactosiduronic linkages were existed in Lingzhi (Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma sinense), and the similarity of polysaccharides from G. lucidum and G. sinense was high, which may contribute to rational use of Lingzhi. Different species of Ganoderma and their adulterants can be differentiated based on the saccharide mapping, which is helpful to well understand the structural characters of polysaccharides from different species of Ganoderma and to improve the quality control of polysaccharides in Lingzhi.
Keywords: 8-aminonaphthalene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid; ANTS; DMSO; DP; ELSD; Endo-1,3-β-d-glucanase; Ganoderma; HPSEC; HPTLC; PACE; Pectinase; Polysaccharides; RID; SMC-GL; SMC-GS; Saccharide mapping; TFA; carbohydrate analysis by carbohydrate gel electrophoresis; degree of polymerization; dimethyl sulfoxide; evaporative light scattering detector; high-performance size-exclusion chromatography; high-performance thin-layer chromatography; refractive index detection; simulative mean chromatogram of Ganoderma. lucidum; simulative mean chromatogram of Ganoderma. sinense; trifluoroacetic acid.
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