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Saccharide constituents of horse chestnut (Aesculus-hippocastanum L.) seeds. 1. Monosaccharides and their isolation

Z. Hricovíniová and K. Babor

Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, CS-84238 Bratislava

Abstract: Starch, arabinans and eventually glucoarabinans are the main constituents of horse chestnut seeds. Episperm contains xylans and eventually glucoxylans. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-glucuronic acid, D-xylose, D-galactose, and fucose were found in the hydrolyzed seeds. A simple procedure for isolation of L-arabinose and D-glucuronic acid is described.

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Chemical Papers 45 (4) 553–558 (1991)