STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF A POLYSACCHARIDE FROM Epidermophyton floccosum AND APPROACH TO A SYNTHESIS OF THE BASIC TRISACCHARIDE REPEATING UNITS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0008-6215(00)85255-6

An alkali-soluble polysaccharide, designated as S-Iawe, has been isolated from the mycelia of Epidermophyton floccosum.Methylation, periodate oxidation, and acetolysis studies suggested that S-Iawe is composed of (1->6)-O-α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1->6)-O-<α-D-