Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 103, Issue -, Pages 744-750Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.05.073
Keywords
Low molecular weight dextran; Acid hydrolysis; Exopolysaccharide; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Structural characterization
Funding
- National Research Program for Universities by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan [20-1576/RD/09]
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Low molecular weight fractions were derived from native high molecular weight dextran produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides KIBGE-IB26. Structural characterization of native and low molecular weight fractions obtained after acidic and enzymatic hydrolysis was done using FTIR and NMR spectroscopy. The molecular weight was estimated using Diffusion Ordered NMR spectroscopy. Native dextran (892 kDa) is composed of alpha-(1 -> 6) glycosidic linkage along with alpha-(1 -> 3) branching. Major proportion of 528 kDa dextran was obtained after prolong enzymatic hydrolysis however, an effective acidic treatment at pH-1.4 up to 02 and 04 h of exposure resulted in the formation of 77 kDa and 57 kDa, respectively. The increment in pH from 1.4 to 1.8 lowered the hydrolysis efficiency and resulted in the formation of 270 kDa dextran fraction. The results suggest that derived low molecular weight water soluble fractions can be utilized as a drug delivery carrier along with multiple application relating pharmaceutical industries. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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