Chemical Structure
The repeating unit of the polymer is a tetrasaccharide, which consists of two residues of D-glucose and one of each residues of L-rhamnose and D-glucuronic acid. The tetrasacharide repeat has the following structure:
n. As it is evident from the formula, the tetrasacharide units are connected by (α1→3) glycosidic bonds.
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