Claim · model-written summary
Fresh Sphagnum contains fructose and fructose-containing oligosaccharides.
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Verbatim
e0“Fructose and fructose‐containing oligosaccharides were found chromatographically in the fresh Sphagnum.”
Title
A preliminary investigation on the chemical composition of sphagnum moss and peat
W. A. P. Black; W. J. Cornhill; F. N. Woodward Journal of Applied Chemistry 1955. doi:10.1002/jctb.5010050907
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Observation A peat polysaccharide has glucose as its principal sugar and contains five other named constituents.
- Observation Sphagnum chloroform extract yielded a sterol fraction resembling β-sitosterol.
- Observation Xylose, mannose, fucose and ribose were isolated and characterized from peat hydrolysate.