Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2011 Oct 1;49(3):255-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2011.04.006. Epub 2011 Apr 22.

Screening of a functional polysaccharide from Zizyphus Jujuba cv. Jinsixiaozao and its property

Jinwei Li  1 , Liang Shan, Yuanfa Liu, Liuping Fan, Lianzhong Ai
Affiliations

Screening of a functional polysaccharide from Zizyphus Jujuba cv. Jinsixiaozao and its property

Jinwei Li et al. Int J Biol Macromol. .

Abstract

Chinese jujube has been used as a kind of Chinese medicinal herb for a long time. In this paper, the polysaccharides from Zizyphus Jujuba cv. Jinsixiaozao (ZSP), one of the major Chinese jujube varieties, were extracted and purified sequentially so that its water-soluble immunobiological fractions were screened. The crude ZSP was found to dramatically increase thymus and spleen indices in mice, enhance the proliferation of splenocytes and peritoneal macrophages, and have potential anti-complementary activity. Immunobiological tests indicated that two fractions of ZSP, coded ZSP3c and ZSP4b, were the main active components. ZSP3c was rich in pectin with a degree of esterification (DE) of 49%, which may be related to its stronger immunological activity.

PubMed Disclaimer

Publication types