The polysaccharides from Phyllostachyspubescens leaves were purified by DEAE-52 cellulose column chromatography and Sephadex G-75 glucan gel column chromatography successively, and a kind of polysaccharide named as B PS 1_1 was obtained. In order to study the physicochemical characteristics of the polysaccharide, ultra violet spectroscopy (UV), thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography (GC) were employed. Results showed that the components of the polysaccharide include an unknown monosacchride, rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, ma...