Chemical composition and immunological activities of polysaccharides isolated from the malian medicinal plant Syzygium guineense

Parakashtha Ghildyal ^1,2, Tom Erik Grønhaug¹, Anders Rusten¹, Mona Skogsrud¹, Bent Rolstad², Drissa Diallo³, Terje Einar Michaelsen^1,4, Marit Inngjerdingen⁵* and Berit Smestad Paulsen¹

¹Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1068, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway.

²Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1105, Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway.

³Département de Médecine Traditionnelle, Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, BP 1746, Bamako, Mali.

⁴The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P. O. Box 4404, N-0403 Oslo, Norway.

⁵Institute of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, P. O. Box 4950, Nydalen, N-0424 Oslo, Norway.