Structural study of mucilage from the leaves of Bryophyllum pinnatum
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A neutral polysaccharide (yield 0.5%) has been extracted and isolated from the leaves of Bryophyllum pinnatum with 1% Acetic acid consisting of D-Galactose and L-arabinose in the Molar ratio of 2:4:1, Systematic chemical and spectral analysis for structural elucidation of the mucilage showed that it may be designated as "Arabinogalactan"
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