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galactan

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galactan /ga·lac·tan/ (gah-lak´tan) any polymer composed of galactose residues and occurring in plants.


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Recognition of galactan components of pectin by galectin-3.
It is a long, densely branched nonstarch polysaccharide with a galactan backbone and side-chains of galactose and arabinose.
2] wagging vibration in cellulose 1260 C-O stretching vibration in lignin and hemicellulose 895 Anomeric carbon group frequency in cellulose and hemicellulose 870 CH out-of-plane bending vibration in lignin 810 Vibration of mannan in hemicellulose and CH out-of- plane in lignin 775 Vibration of galactan in hemicellulose
 
 
 
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