Zhao Li, Fan Fang, Huang Ju-yan, Meng Lei, Pang Wei-jian, Jiang Xiao-lu
Gas Chromatography test indicated that Pseudomonas fluorescens PGM37 exocellular polysaccharide(EPS) was composed of mannose and glucose by the ratio 1∶ 1.Infrared showed that the polysaccharide was β-D-pyranoid configuration without any other substituents.After specific degradation by enzyme,gradation by different multiples of alcohol,and then detection by LC-ESI-MS,the EPS structure was deduced to be β-D-Glcp-(1,4)-β-D-Manp-(1,4)-β-D-Glcp-(1,4)-β-D-Manp.Moisture absorption and retention capacities of EPS were investigated by testing the change of water.The moisture retention ability of the EPS was found to be similar to glycerol and only a little inferior to hyaluronic acid(HA).The effects of EPS to remove hydroxyl free radical,DPPH? free radical and resistance to lipid peroxidation were determined by the methods of the Fenton reaction system,DPPH·system and colorimetric method,respectively.The results showed a dose-response relationship between EPS scavenging capacity and EPS concentration.The EC50 of scavenging free radicals were 7.44 mg/mL,16.76 mg/mL,17.18 mg/mL,respectively.Pseudomonas fluorescens PGM37 EPS has significant antioxidant activity in vitro experiments.