Chemical structure and anticoagulant activity of highly pyruvylated sulfated
galactans from tropical green seaweeds of the order Bryopsidales.
The hemicelluloses content was obtained by summing xylans,
galactans, arabinans, and mannans, plus the equivalent of mannans, as glucans, uronic acids, and acetyl groups.
According to the stereochemistry, specifically
galactans with 4-linked-[alpha]-galactose residues of the L-series are termed agarans and those of the D-series are termed carrageenans (or DL-hybrids) (Cardozo et al., 2007; Maciel et al., 2008; Prajapati et al., 2014).
Carrageenans and
galactans are the important sulfated polysaccharides in red algae.
Pehk, "Gel-forming structures and stages of red algal
galactans of different sulfation levels," Journal of Applied Phycology, vol.
Fructans and
galactans, found in wheat and some vegetables (eg beans, onions, chickpeas, lentils and cabbage), are poorly absorbed in all people and, again, a hypersensitive gut reacts to these.
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The TB microbe adds to that another layer of sugars, called
galactans and arabinans.
Natural carrageenans are mixtures of different sulphated
galactans; they occur as very versatile hydrocolloids [3].
Moreover, brown and red algae contain polysaccharides like alginates, fucoidans, laminarans and
galactans that make their cells mucilaginous, hence, absorbent to minerals and other nutrients (Giusti 2001, Hashim & Chu 2004, Lodeiro et al.