Resumen

MATSUHIRO, BETTY  y  RUBIO, MARIA JOSE. MODIFICACION QUIMICA DE PECTINA DE LIMON CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF LEMON PECTIN. Bol. Soc. Chil. Quím. [online]. 2001, vol.46, n.4, pp. 481-486. ISSN 0366-1644.  doi: 10.4067/S0366-16442001000400012.

The basic hydrolysis of the extract from lemon mesocarp afforded a pectin rich in galacturonic acid. The reaction with bromine allowed the selective oxidation of carbon 2, giving a ketone function in good yield. The reductive amination of the oxidised polysaccharide and subsequent acetylation gave an analog of the Vi polysaccharide of Salmonella typhi. The analogue was used as a model compound for the introduction of a side chain by amidation with caprolactam and for the conjugation of an acidic polysaccharide by amidation to the protein, bovine serum albumin

Palabras clave : Pectin; oxidation; amination; polysaccharide.