Research Article

Antihypercholesterolemic Effects of Fruit Aqueous Extract of Copernicia prunifera (Miller) H. E. Moore in Mice Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia

Table 4

13CNMR spectrum for sample of pectin from C. prunifera.

PolymerCarbonChemical Shifts (in ppm)

GalacturonanC-6 free172.8
GalacturonanC-6 ester171.0
ArabinanC-1
GalacturonanC-1100.5
ArabinanC-484.5
ArabinanC-483.0
ArabinanC-281.0
GalacturonanC-479.1
GalactanC-477.1
ArabinanC-376.8
GalacturonanC-371.6
GalacturonanC-573.8
GalacturonanC-268.3
ArabinanC-567.0
GalactanC-661.6
ArabinanC-561.0
GalacturonanOCH353.5

“—”: not detected.