Investigations into the chemical constitution and structure of some complex plant polysaccharides

Plant gums are the salts of acidic polysaccharides and they arise when plants are injured, either mechanically or by the invasion of fungi or bacteria. In order to throw light on the mode of formation of these gums, several workers have investigated the chemical constitution and molecular structure...

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Main Author:	Brown, Fred
Published:	University of Manchester 1948
Subjects:	572 Plant gums,
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602428

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spelling	ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-6024282017-05-24T03:23:45ZInvestigations into the chemical constitution and structure of some complex plant polysaccharidesBrown, Fred1948Plant gums are the salts of acidic polysaccharides and they arise when plants are injured, either mechanically or by the invasion of fungi or bacteria. In order to throw light on the mode of formation of these gums, several workers have investigated the chemical constitution and molecular structure of the materials. The work described in this thesis is concerned with the chemical constitution of the gums from the white cholla cactus, Opuntia fulgida, and the almond tree. The mode of linkage of the sugar residues present in cholla gum and egg-plum has also been investigated by the usual method of methylation, hydrolysis, and identification of the methylated sugar derivatives produced. The results obtained during the investigations do not allow unique molecular formulae to be proposed for the polysaccharides but certain structural similarities with other plant gums have been observed.572Plant gums,University of Manchesterhttp://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602428Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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description	Plant gums are the salts of acidic polysaccharides and they arise when plants are injured, either mechanically or by the invasion of fungi or bacteria. In order to throw light on the mode of formation of these gums, several workers have investigated the chemical constitution and molecular structure of the materials. The work described in this thesis is concerned with the chemical constitution of the gums from the white cholla cactus, Opuntia fulgida, and the almond tree. The mode of linkage of the sugar residues present in cholla gum and egg-plum has also been investigated by the usual method of methylation, hydrolysis, and identification of the methylated sugar derivatives produced. The results obtained during the investigations do not allow unique molecular formulae to be proposed for the polysaccharides but certain structural similarities with other plant gums have been observed.
author	Brown, Fred
author_facet	Brown, Fred
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title	Investigations into the chemical constitution and structure of some complex plant polysaccharides
title_short	Investigations into the chemical constitution and structure of some complex plant polysaccharides
title_full	Investigations into the chemical constitution and structure of some complex plant polysaccharides
title_fullStr	Investigations into the chemical constitution and structure of some complex plant polysaccharides
title_full_unstemmed	Investigations into the chemical constitution and structure of some complex plant polysaccharides
title_sort	investigations into the chemical constitution and structure of some complex plant polysaccharides
publisher	University of Manchester
publishDate	1948
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Investigations into the chemical constitution and structure of some complex plant polysaccharides

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