Paper Report for: Kato_1985_Carbohydr.Res_137_139

Zea shoot cell-walls were hydrolyzed with 30mm oxalic acid followed by treatment with 'Driselase'(a Basidiomycetes enzyme preparation) to obtain carbohydrate fragments containing ferulic acid. The structure of the major feruloyl compound was identified as O-(5-O-feruloyl-alpha-l-arabinofuranosyl)-(1->3)-O-beta-d-xylopyranosyl-(1->4)-d-xylopyranose on the basis of 13C-n.m.r., methylation analysis, and partial acid-hydrolysis, alkali hydrolysis, or esterase hydrolysis followed by analyses of the hydrolyzate.