The polysaccharides of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. and Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.
The partially acetylated acidic mucilage isolated from the cactus Opuntia ficus-indica consists of a highly branched molecule containing D-galactose, L-arabinose, D-xylose, D-galacturonic acid and L-rhamnose in the ratio 2.9:6.6:3.8:1.3 : 1.0. A partial hydrolysis study led to the isolation of fourt...
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Rhodes University
1977
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007597 |