Abstract
The water-soluble, acidic polysaccharide isolated from the coccoliths of the alga Emiliania huxleyi (Lohmann) Kamptner contains residues of the following sugars: L-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose, L-mannose, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose, D-ribose, D-xylose, 6-O-methyl-D-mannose, 6-O-methyl-L-mannose, 2,3-di-O-methyl-L-rhamnose, 3-O-methyl-D-xylose, and D-galacturonic acid. L-Mannose, 6-O-methyl-D-mannose, 6-O-methyl-L-mannose, and 2,3-di-O-methyl-L-rhamnose are novel constituents of a polysaccharide. In addition, the
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