Polysaccharide, disaccharide and monosaccharide
Polysaccharide is a high molecular carbohydrate composed of sugar chains bound by glycosidic bonds and at least 10 monosaccharides, which can be represented by the general formula (c6h10o5) n. Polysaccharides composed of the same monosaccharides are called homopolysaccharides, such as starch, cellulose, glycogen, etc. Polysaccharides composed of different monosaccharides are called heteropolysaccharides, such as Arabic gum, which are composed of pentose and galactose. Polysaccharide is not a pure chemical substance, but a mixture of substances with different polymerization degrees. Generally speaking, polysaccharides are insoluble in water, have no sweetness, cannot form crystals, and have no reducibility and rotation. Polysaccharides are also glycosides, so they can be hydrolyzed. In the process of hydrolysis, a series of intermediate products are often produced, and monosaccharides are finally obtained by complete hydrolysis.
Conjugated polysaccharide
What is compound polysaccharide? Compound polysaccharide refers to the mixture of two or more polysaccharide components. This combination is not a random mixture of polysaccharides, but a conscious and purposeful combination of several active polysaccharides with different functions. Compared with single active polysaccharide, compound polysaccharide greatly exceeds the function of single active polysaccharide in the scope and level of immune activation, which can be said to be a great progress in modern biomedicine. At the same time, the compound polysaccharide can also stimulate the vitality of human immune system and regulate the state of the body.
Active polysaccharide
What is a single active polysaccharide? Single active polysaccharide refers to polysaccharide compounds with some special physiological activities, such as ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, Lentinus edodes polysaccharide, auricularia auricula polysaccharide, kelp polysaccharide, pine pollen polysaccharide and so on. It has the function of regulating human physiological rhythm in two directions. It is widely distributed in the cell walls of plants and microorganisms, with low toxicity, high safety, extensive functions and very important and special physiological activities. It is a polymer composed of aldehyde groups and carbonyl groups through glycosidic bonds, and it is also one of the four basic substances that constitute life.
lentinan
What is the function of compound polysaccharide? Compound polysaccharide can make a variety of polysaccharides play a role in different mechanisms, complement each other and improve immunity synergistically. The effect is relatively mild, and it can effectively "exercise" the immune system so that it can respond to external invasion in time and accurately. Compound polysaccharide has obvious activity and efficacy, and plays an increasingly important role in the fields of medicine and health food. However, this "compound prescription" is by no means simply mixing several different polysaccharides at will, and its principle is similar to the compatibility principle of monarch, minister, assistant and envoy in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. Such as lentinan, pachyman and tremella polysaccharide in a certain proportion, has more obvious immunomodulatory effect than single polysaccharide.
Poria cocos polysaccharide
What is the absorption mechanism of complex polysaccharide? Unlike the polysaccharide starch in bread and steamed bread, which is easily degraded into glucose, some polysaccharide components are directly absorbed by the small intestine in a complete form after the compound polysaccharide enters the intestine, and enter the body to directly activate the immune system, while others affect the whole immune system of the body by activating the intestinal immune system. The combination of the two components can enhance immunity more efficiently.