The use of commercial pectinase in the hydrolysis of saccharides other than pectin.

A commercially available pectinase from Aspergillus niger was found to be effective in hydrolyzing to their constituent monosaccharides polysaccharides from Carthamus tinctorius and other flowers, type III pneumococcal polysaccharide, cellobiuronic acid, and other nonpectic saccharides. The enzymes was much less effective in hydrolyzing pneumococcal types I, II, VI, VIII, IX, X, XIII, XXXII polysaccharides and alginic acid.