Page 33 - 01 CARBOHYDRATES for TCM

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เมล็ดแมงลก (Basil seeds), 罗勒 luo le

Ocimum basilicum L.  On soaking in water, the seed’s outer pericarp swells

into a gelatinous mass called hydrogel.

 Consisting of 43.9% of carbohydrate

 An acidic polysaccharide which its uronic acid value is

6.51%.

 It composed of D-glucose, D-galactose, Dmannose, L-

arabinose, D-xylose and L-rhamnose, along with D-

galacturonic and D-mannuronic acids.

 Used as a disintegrant in the tablet formulations

 Suitable alternative as suspending agent in

pharmaceutical suspensions

 Inhibitory activity for protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B

may lead to anti-diabetic activity.