Table 1. Sugar composition and relative percentage of galactose and arabinose in legumes

Legume	Sugar composition (%)							G/A2)
	Ara1)	Gal	Glc	Xyl	Fuc	Rha	Man
BG3)	53.8	31.8	8.6	1.4	ND4)	4.2	0.2	0.59
GNB	50.9	18.0	9.7	14.0	5.7	1.1	0.6	0.35
CSWB	65.5	12.9	4.1	11.7	4.3	1.5	ND	0.20

Rha, rhamnose; Fuc, fucose; Ara, arabinose; Xyl, xylose; Man, mannose; Gal, galactose; Glc, glucose.
G/A, the ratio of galactose to arabinose.
BG, black gram; GNB, great northern bean; CSWB, California small white bean.
ND, not detected.