STUDY OF MUCILAGE AND PECTINS OF PANCRATIUM SICKENBERGERI ASCH ET. SFTH AND ALLIUM SATIVUM L.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

The mucilage of Pancratium sickenbergeri consists of rhamnose (2.02%), arabinose (6.02%), mannose (26.29%) and glucose (65.65%). The pectic substance of Allium sativm L. is composed of arabinose (2.41%), mannose (17.64%), glucose (78.63%) and galacturonic acid (38.4%). These investigations were achieved by TLC, GLC and GC/MS.