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In a previous work, the structures of the two more sulfated polysaccharides were revised. In this work, NMR-based structural analysis was performed on the least sulfated polysaccharide and its chemically modified derivatives. Results have revealed the presence of both 4-linked \u03b1- and 3-linked \u03b2-galactose units having the following chemical features: more than half of the total galactose units are not sulfated, the \u03b1-units occur primarily as 3,6-anhydrogalactose units either 2-O-methylated or 2-O-sulfated, and the \u03b2-galactose units can be 4-O-sulfated or 2,4-O-disulfated. SPR-based results indicated weaker binding of the least sulfated galactan to thrombin, factor Xa, and antithrombin, but stronger binding to heparin cofactor II than unfractionated heparin. 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