MOSS-DERIVED PRODUCT

摘要

The invention provides an antimicrobial polysaccharide mixture derived from moss or peat which is essentially free of 5-keto-D-mannuronic acid residues and, for example, is obtainable by fractionation of the polysaccharides released by polysaccharide cleavage of moss or moss-derived peat and contains at least 20 mole % Rha, at least 35 mole % Ga1A3 less than 4.5 mole % Man and less than 9.5 mole % Gal.