Chemical structure and antioxidant activity of a polysaccharide from Siraitia grosvenorii

Int J Biol Macromol. 2020 Dec 15;165(Pt B):1900-1910. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.127. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

Abstract

A novel polysaccharide from Siraitia grosvenorii residues (SGP, molecular weight 1.93 × 103 KDa) was isolated and purified. SGP was composed of α-L-Arabinose, α-D-Mannose, α-d-Glucose, α-D-Galactose, Glucuronic acid, and Galacturonic acid with the ratio of 1: 1.92: 3.98: 7.63: 1.85: 7.34. The backbone of SGP was consist of galactoses and linked by α-(1,4)-glycosidic bond. The branch chains including α-1,6 linked glucose branch, α-1,6 linked mannose branch, α-1,3 linked galactose branch and arabinose branched (α-L-Ara(1→). The results of bioactivity experiments suggested that SGP had antioxidant in vitro, especially on scavenging DPPH radicals. Besides, SGP resulted in the decrease of ROS and the percentage of apoptotic and necrotic cells in a dose-dependent manner in H2O2 oxide injury PC12 cells. This research could help to develop the potential value and utilization of Siraitia grosvenorii.

Keywords: Antioxidant activity; Polysaccharide; Siraitia grosvenorii; Structural characterization.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / chemistry*
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Cucurbitaceae / chemistry*
  • Fluorescence
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / toxicity
  • Hydroxyl Radical / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Methylation
  • Monosaccharides / analysis
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects
  • PC12 Cells
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides / pharmacology*
  • Rats
  • Rotation
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Superoxides / chemistry

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Monosaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
  • Superoxides
  • Hydroxyl Radical
  • Hydrogen Peroxide