Crude polysaccharides were extracted from fresh Lilium longya
by water extraction and alcohol precipitation. Two polysaccharides LLP1 and
LLP2, were isolated and purified by DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow, and their
physicochemical properties were analyzed, and the structures of the two
polysaccharides were characterized by various chromatographic methods. The
results showed that both LLP1 and LLP2 were easy to absorb moisture, soluble
in hot water and dimethyl sulfoxide, but insoluble in organic solvents, and the
uronic acid content was 4.02% and 77.13% respectively, without starch. Gas
chromatographic analysis showed that LLP1 monosaccharides were composed
of mannose, glucose and arabinose, with a molar ratio of 18.60, 25.14, and
1.00, LLP2 monosaccharides were galactose, rhamnose and arabinose, with a
molar ratio of 3.58 to 1.00 and 1.09. Infrared scanning and nuclear magnetic
resonance analysis show that LLP1 is a glucopyranose ring, contains α-type
and β-type glycosidic bonds, contains a small amount of uronic acid, LLP2 is
a glucopyranose ring, contains α-type glycosidic bonds, and is a glycoprotein
complex. The results of periodate oxidation and Smith degradation showed
that there were a large number of 1' 2 or 1' 6 glycosidic bonds and non-reducing
terminal glycosidic bonds in LLP1 main chain, 1' 3 glycosidic bonds in glucose, 1' 2
glycosidic bonds in LLP2 main chain, 1' 3 glycosidic bonds in galactose, and no 1' 3
glycosidic bonds in rhamnose and arabinose.