The molecular weight of MCP was evaluated by highperformance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipped with UltrahydrogelTM Linear Column (7.8 mm × 300 mm). HPLC was per-formed on 0.5% MCP (20 L) dissolved in distilled water with 0.7%NaCl as the mobile phase at 0.5 mL/min and 35◦C. The columnswere calibrated with T-series Dextran as standards. Monosaccha-ride composition of the MCP was analyzed by HPLC after 2 Mtrifluoroacetic acid hydrolysis and labeling of the hydrolysate with1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (PMP), on a Shim-Pack C18 col-umn (4.6 mm × 250 mm) using an HPLC system, eluted with 82.0%PBS (0.1 mol/L, pH 7.0) and 18.0% acetonitrile at a flow rate of1 mL/min