Abstract
The results of periodate oxidation, Smith-type degradation and methylation studies showed that the purified neutral polysaccharide from Lampteromyces japonicus (the component sugars ; D-Man ; 46%, D-Glc ; 30%, D-Gal ; 24%) contained mainly 1, 6- and 1, 2-linked mannopyranosyl residues, 1, 3-linked glucopyranosyl residues and minorly 1, 6-linked galactopyranosyl residues, and this glycan was branching mainly at C-3, 6 position of glucose residues.
