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Abstract
To date, no studies have reported on the structure and properties of the polysaccharides from Atractylodes macrocephala cultivated in Pan'an. In this paper, a polysaccharide designated as RAMP1 was isolated from A. macrocephala in Pan'an for the first time. Its structure was determined as a heteropolysaccharide consisting of fructose and glucose in a molar ratio of 20:1, with a molecular weight of 3494 Da based on chemical and NMR analysis. Scanning electron microscopy analysis revealed that RAMP1 presented a smooth flake structure with irregular curls. Thermal analysis results indicated that RAMP1 had high thermal stability below 165 °C. Rheological studies indicated that both temperature and concentration affected the viscosity of RAMP1. The viscosity of the RAMP1 solution decreased as the shear rate increased, displaying shear - thinning behavior, suggesting that the RAMP1 solution was a non - Newtonian fluid. RAMP1 showed potent dose - dependent antioxidant activity against DPPH, superoxide, ABTS, and hydroxyl radicals, with the strongest inhibition against hydroxyl radicals (83.97 ± 1.62 % at 8 mg/mL). This paper reports for the first time on the structure, rheology, and antioxidant properties of the polysaccharide (RAMP1) from A. macrocephala in Pan'an. These results highlight the potential applications of RAMP1 in the food and biotechnology industries.
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Carbohydrate Research publishes reports of original research in the following areas of carbohydrate science: action of enzymes, analytical chemistry, biochemistry (biosynthesis, degradation, structural and functional biochemistry, conformation, molecular recognition, enzyme mechanisms, carbohydrate-processing enzymes, including glycosidases and glycosyltransferases), chemical synthesis, isolation of natural products, physicochemical studies, reactions and their mechanisms, the study of structures and stereochemistry, and technological aspects.
Papers on polysaccharides should have a "molecular" component; that is a paper on new or modified polysaccharides should include structural information and characterization in addition to the usual studies of rheological properties and the like. A paper on a new, naturally occurring polysaccharide should include structural information, defining monosaccharide components and linkage sequence.
Papers devoted wholly or partly to X-ray crystallographic studies, or to computational aspects (molecular mechanics or molecular orbital calculations, simulations via molecular dynamics), will be considered if they meet certain criteria. For computational papers the requirements are that the methods used be specified in sufficient detail to permit replication of the results, and that the conclusions be shown to have relevance to experimental observations - the authors'' own data or data from the literature. Specific directions for the presentation of X-ray data are given below under Results and "discussion".