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Table 1 Chemical composition of ISAg and its major monosaccharide components

From: Anti-cancer activity of Angelica gigas by increasing immune response and stimulating natural killer and natural killer T cells

Chemical composition

Molar ratio (w/w %)

Total saccharides

63.7 ± 1.7

 Uronic acid

15.1 ± 0.7

Total protein

17.4 ± 0.6

Total lipid

0.4 ± 0.0

Moisture

1.8 ± 0.0

Asha

16.6 ± 0.2

Component Saccharide

Contents (Mole%)b

Glucose

69.5 ± 0.6

Galactose

17.4 ± 0.2

Arabinose

9.0 ± 0.2

Rhamnose

2.6 ± 0.2

Mannose

1.2 ± 0.2

Xylose

0.3 ± 0.0

  1. aAsh is the non-gaseous, non-liquid residue after complete combustion
  2. bMole% was calculated from the detected total carbohydrate