Extraction and Purification of a Lectin from Red Kidney Bean and Preliminary Immune Function Studies of the Lectin and Four Chinese Herbal Polysaccharides

Table 2

Extraction of polysaccharides from four Chinese medicinal materials. Data represent means ± SD (𝑛=3).

	APS	PWP	IRP	ASP
Medicinal materials (g)	300.00	200.00	300.00	300.00
Polysaccharide weight (g)	3.653 ± 0.42	1.22 ± 0.15	3.21 ± 0.34	3.55 ± 0.31
Carbohydrate concentration (%)	86.24 ± 6.32	79.35 ± 6.45	72.58 ± 7.34	83.87 ± 4.23

APS: Astragalus mongholicus polysaccharide, PWP: Poria cocos polysaccharide, IRP: indigowood root polysaccharide, ASP: Angelica sinensis polysaccharide.