Novel sulfated saccharide and process for producing the same

摘要

A sulfated saccharide represented by the following general formula (I): [A]-(6SO3-GlcNAc)-[C]-R (I) wherein (6SO3-GlcNAc) represents a 6-sulfated N-acetylglucosamine residue, [A] represents a hydroxyl group or a saccharide residue, [C] represents a saccharide residue and R represents a hydroxyl group or a substituted hydroxyl group is disclosed. The sulfated saccharide effectively bonds to selectin protein which is present in leukocytes and hence has anti-inflammatory activity. The sulfated saccharide is expected to be widely used in the medicinal field, etc.