Structural Elucidation and Antitumor Activity of Polysaccharide AMP-1 from Atractylodis macrocephalae K.

A polysaccharide named as AMP-1 was isolated from the root of Atractylodis macrocephalae Koidz, and purified by ethanol fractionation and gel filtration. The homogeneity of AMP-1 was determined by HPLC and capillary electrophoresis that gave a single peak. AMP-1 is composed of galactose and mannose in a molar ratio of 1.0:1.9. Its molecular weight is 3.8 × 10³. The structure of ghycan was elucidated by IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR and methylation analysis, and on the basis of the results was suggested that AMP-1 contain a backbone of β. (1–2)-D-galactose residues with branches of single β-D-mannose residue being substituted at the O-6. Bioactivity assay of AMP-1 showed that it could inhibit growth of Sarcoma 180 and Lewis pulmonary carcinoma implanted in mice.