Two methods for separation of polymeric galactoglucomannans (GGMs) from a hot-water extract of spruce wood, i.e., membrane filtration and precipitation in ethanol-water, were compared. Filtration through a series of membranes with different pore sizes separated GGMs of different molar masses, from polymers to oligomers. Only polysaccharides were precipitated in ethanol-water. With the optimal water content of 5-15%, the precipitated amount was about 6% on wood basis. The average molar mass of the precipitated polysaccharides was 10-12kDa with a molar mass range of 4-20kDa. GGMs comprised about 80% of the precipitated hemicelluloses. Other precipitated polysaccharides were mainly arabinoglucuronoxylans and pectins (rhamnogalacturonans). Analysis of a lignin-free, ethanol-precipitated GGM preparation by (13)C NMR spectroscopy verified that it was structurally almost identical with a GGM-rich ethanol precipitate obtained from spruce wood by extraction at much milder conditions, 90°C for 60min.
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