Polysaccharide composition of the fruit juice of Morinda citrifolia (Noni)

Anh Kim T Bui; Antony Bacic; Filomena Pettolino

doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.04.023

Polysaccharide composition of the fruit juice of Morinda citrifolia (Noni)

Phytochemistry. 2006 Jun;67(12):1271-5. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.04.023. Epub 2006 Jun 14.

Authors

Anh Kim T Bui¹, Antony Bacic, Filomena Pettolino

Affiliation

¹ HCM City University of Technology, 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, 10 District, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.

PMID: 16777156
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.04.023

Abstract

An ethanol-insoluble, high molecular weight fraction was collected from the juice of Morinda citrifolia fruit grown in Viet Nam. The fraction is composed primarily of carbohydrate (67% (w/w)). The polysaccharide fraction consists predominantly of GalAp (53.6mol%), Araf (13.6mol%), Galp (17.9mol%) and Rhap (9.5mol%). Glycosyl linkage analysis suggests the polysaccharide fraction contains mostly the pectic polysaccharides, homogalacturonan (4-GalAp), rhamnogalacturonan I (4-GalAp, 2-Rhap, 2,4-Rhap), arabinan (5-Araf, 3,5-Araf, t-Araf), type I arabinogalactan (4-Galp, 3,4-Galp, t-Araf) and beta-glucosyl Yariv-binding type II arabinogalactan (3,6-Galp, t-Araf). Low levels of xyloglucan (4-Glcp, 4,6-Glcp, t-Xylp, t-Fucp), heteroxylan (4-Xylp) and heteromannan (4-Manp) are also present.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Fruit / chemistry*
Morinda / chemistry*
Polysaccharides / chemistry*
Vietnam

Substances

Polysaccharides