Table 4.9
Polysaccharides: characterization of their monosaccharide and uronic acid composition in cell wall polysaccharides of microalgae (Bernaerts et al. 2018)
Composition
P. cruentum C. vulgaris T. chuii P. tricornutum O. aurita
Nannochloropsis
sp.
Schizochytrium
sp.
T. lutea D. lutheri A. platensis
Glucose
30.5
41.5
28.9
4.4
11.1
75.8
33.1
22.7
82.2
49.8
Galactose
22.4
8.6
5.7
3.8
35.7
6.4
29.0
14.8
–
3.8
Xylose
27.8
–
5.3
14.3
9.3
3.5
14.3
9.6
4.9
–
Mannose
9.3
34.8
41.3
46.4
17.1
4.7
20.5
16.4
6.2
29.8
Rhammose
–
2.7
1.0
8.9
3.2
3.0
–
1.3
–
6.7
Arabinose
–
–
0.8
–
–
–
–
20.3
3.4
–
Fucose
–
–
0.7
2.5
12.4
2.1
–
4.2
0.8
–
Ribose
–
1.9
–
2.9
1.3
4.5
–
4.0
1.3
–
Glucosamina
1.8
2.9
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
2.1
Galacturonic
acid
3.9
3.3
15.1
2.9
4.0
–
–
4.1
–
5.6
Glucuronic
acid
4.3
4.3
1.2
13.9
5.9
–
–
2.6
1.2
2.2
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