“…The LBP group has a molecular weight range of 8-241 kDa, and several LBP have been isolated and purified from aqueous L. barbarum extracts by methods such as DEAE ion-exchange cellulose, gel-permeation chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) (Luo, Yan, & Zhang, 2000;Ouyang, Li, & Xiao, 2007;Peng, Wang, & Tian, 2001;Tian & Wang, 2006). Their structural composition has been studied by SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis, gas chromatography, amino acid automatic analysis, partial acid hydrolysis, periodate oxidation and nucleic magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum regioselective enzymatic, alkaline and acidic hydrolyses and spectroscopic methods involving gas-chromatographic-mass-spectrometry (GCMS), high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HRESIMS) and 1D and 2D NMR (Gao, Ali, & Khan, 2008), and they have been found to be complex glycopeptides consisting of acidic heteropolysaccharides and polypeptides or proteins.…”