Chao-Wen Zhang, Yuan-Feng Zou, Yun Zou, Xiao-Ping JiZe, Cen-Yu Li, Yu-Ping Fu, Chao Huang, Li-Xia Li, Zhong-Qiong Yin, Fa-Ming Wu, Frode Rise, Kari Tvete Inngjerdingen, Sha-Qiu Zhang, Xing-Hong Zhao, Xu Song, Xun Zhou, Gang Ye, Meng-Liang Tian
Paeoniae Radix alba is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, immunomodulatory, cancer, and other diseases. In the current study, the yield of Paeoniae Radix alba polysaccharide (PRP) was significantly increased with optimal ultrasound-assisted extraction compared to hot water extraction. Further, an acidic polysaccharide (PRP-AP) was isolated from PRP after chromatographic separation and was characterized as a typical pectic polysaccharide with side chains of arabinogalactans types I and II...
April 25, 2024: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules