A Water-Soluble Polysaccharide from the Fruit Bodies of Bulgaria inquinans (Fries) and Its Anti-Malarial Activity

Table 1

Methylation analysis of BIWS-4b.

Partially methylated glycitol	Molar ratio^a	Retention time (min)	Linkage type
1,4,5-Tri-acetyl-2,3,6-tri-O-methyl galactitol	4.6	17.95	→5)-Galf-(1→
1,4,5,6-Tetra-acetyl-2,3-di-O-methyl galactitol	3.1	17.88	→5,6)-Galf-(1→
1,4,6-Tri-acetyl-2,3,5-tri-O-methyl galactitol	7.6	18.94	→6)-Galf-(1→
1,4,5-Tri-acetyl-2,3,6-tri-O-methyl glucitol	2.2	18.32	→4)-Glcp-(1→
1,5-Di-acetyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-methyl glucitol	2.6	17.11	Glcp-(1→
1,2,5-Tri-acetyl-3,4,6-tri-O-methyl mannitol	2.4	17.84	→2)-Manp-(1→
1,5-Tri-acetyl-2,3,4,6-tri-O-methyl mannitol	1.0	17.06	Manp-(1→
1,2,5,6-Tetra-acetyl-3,4-di-O-methyl mannitol	1.2	18.82	→2,6)-Manp-(1→
1,5,6-Tri-acetyl-2,3,4-tri-O-methyl mannitol	2.9	18.72	→6)-Manp-(1→

^aRelative molar ratio, calculated from the ratio of peak area.