Structural characteristics, anticoagulant and antithrombotic mechanism of a novel polysaccharide from Rosa Chinensis Flos
Xiaofeng Zhang, Zhenhua Liang, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Shengjun Jiang, Dongxiao Sun‐Waterhouse, Jinmei Wang, Changyang Ma, Wenyi Kang
Abstract
This is the first report on a polysaccharide (RCJ2-Ib) isolated from Rosa Chinensis Flos. RCJ2-Ib was obtained through the extraction with water, precipitation with ethanol, separation with DEAE-52 column and purification with DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow column and Sephadex G100 column. GC, FT-IR and NMR analyses revealed that RCJ2-Ib (3.3 kDa) was a 1,4-linked polymannuronic acid containing substantial β-D-anomers units. The anticoagulant effect of RCJ2-Ib evaluated by using rabbit ear venous blood and an acute blood stasis rat model showed that RCJ2-Ib had obvious anticoagulant activity in regulating endogenous and exogenous coagulation pathways and reducing serum thromboxane B2 and endothelin-1. In addition, RCJ2-Ib could also increase the number of Lactobacillus and Escherichia coli. As a result, RCJ2-Ib has the potential to inhibit thrombosis and maintain the intestinal environment.