TY - JOUR
T1 - Hemicellulose characterization of deuterated switchgrass
AU - Bhagia, Samarthya
AU - Pu, Yunqiao
AU - Evans, Barbara R.
AU - Davison, Brian H.
AU - Ragauskas, Arthur J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - This work describes the structural characterization of hemicellulose isolated from hydroponically grown switchgrass in H2O medium (protiated) or 50% D2O medium (deuterated) through compositional analysis, GPC, FTIR, 13C and 1H/13C HSQC NMR. 4-O-methyl glucuronoarabinoxylan (GAX), the major hemicellulose in switchgrass isolated from deuterated switchgrass, had structural properties similar to hemicellulose isolated from protiated switchgrass. Both had comparable arabinose to xylose ratio (0.25) and molecular weight (47–50 kDa). Structural similarities show that deuterated switchgrass hemicellulose can be used as a model carbohydrate polymer in neutron scattering, or pharmaceutical studies due to their immunomodulatory activity and gastroprotective effects.
AB - This work describes the structural characterization of hemicellulose isolated from hydroponically grown switchgrass in H2O medium (protiated) or 50% D2O medium (deuterated) through compositional analysis, GPC, FTIR, 13C and 1H/13C HSQC NMR. 4-O-methyl glucuronoarabinoxylan (GAX), the major hemicellulose in switchgrass isolated from deuterated switchgrass, had structural properties similar to hemicellulose isolated from protiated switchgrass. Both had comparable arabinose to xylose ratio (0.25) and molecular weight (47–50 kDa). Structural similarities show that deuterated switchgrass hemicellulose can be used as a model carbohydrate polymer in neutron scattering, or pharmaceutical studies due to their immunomodulatory activity and gastroprotective effects.
KW - Deuterated hemicellulose
KW - Deuterated switchgrass
KW - Glucuronoarabinoxylan
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85051926200&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.08.034
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.08.034
M3 - Article
C2 - 30145003
AN - SCOPUS:85051926200
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 269
SP - 567
EP - 570
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
ER -