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2004 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Water-soluble polysaccharides from Salvia officinalis possess immunomodulatory activity.
"A water-soluble polysaccharide complex (A) composed of galactose (17.9%), 3-O-methyl-galactose (3.0%), glucose (15.5%), mannose (8.3%), arabinose (30.4%), xylose (7.6%), fucose (2.6%), rhamnose (6.7%), and uronic acids (8.0%) has been isolated from the aerial parts of sage (Salvia officinalis) by cold water extraction," investigators in Slovakia and the Czech Republic report.
"It showed a broad molecular-mass distribution pattern (M[subscript]w (approx)2000-93 000) with a predominance of polymers with M[subscript]w
The researchers concluded, "The acidic polysaccharide fractions A[subscript]2, A[subscript]3, and A[subscript]4 exhibited the highest mitogenic and co-mitogenic activities of all fractions tested, and relatively high SI[subscript]comit/SI[subscript]mit ratios (approx)3 indicate potential adjuvant properties of these polysaccharides."
Capek and his coauthors published their study in Phytochemistry (Water-soluble polysaccharides from Salvia officinalis L. possessing immunomodulatory activity. Phytochemistry, 2004;65(13):1983-1992).
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