Acta Pharm. 53 (2003) 65-69

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Glycosyl composition of polysaccharide from Tinospora cordifolia

MUSLIARAKATHBACKER JAHFAR

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1Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut, Kerala, India 673 635
Received September 12, 2002      Accepted January 27, 2003

Polysaccharide from Tinospora cordifolia was isolated, purified, hydrolysed, trimethylsilylated and then subjected to GC-MS studies. The polysaccharide composition was estimated as follows: glucose 98.0%, arabinose 0.5%, rhamnose 0.2%, xylose 0.8%, mannose 0.2% and galactose 0.3%.


Keywords: Tinospora cordifolia (Menispermaceae), polysaccharide