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    Beta-glucans, β-glucans comprise a group of β-D-glucose polysaccharides (glucans) naturally occurring in the cell walls of cereals, bacteria, and fungi...
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    Oat β-glucans are water-soluble β-glucans derived from the endosperm of oat kernels known for their dietary contribution as components of soluble fiber...
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  • A glucan is a polysaccharide derived from D-glucose, linked by glycosidic bonds. Glucans are noted in two forms: alpha glucans and beta glucans. Many...
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  • 1,3-Beta-glucan synthase is a glucosyltransferase enzyme involved in the generation of beta-glucan in fungi. It serves as a pharmacological target for...
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    feel of real fat containing products. beta-glucan b-glucans have an important role in food supplement while b-glucans are also promising in health-related...
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    resistant starch, resistant dextrins, inulin, lignins, chitins, pectins, beta-glucans, and oligosaccharides. Food sources of dietary fiber have traditionally...
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  • licheninase, β-(1→4)-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase, 1,3, 1,4-β-glucan endohydrolase, 1,3, 1,4-β-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase, 1,3-1,4-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase)...
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    of dietary fiber (10 grams per 100 gram serving), whole oats supply beta-glucan (4 grams per 100 gram serving; table), a soluble fiber with cholesterol-lowering...
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  • Thumbnail for Glucan 1,3-β-glucosidase
    Glucan 1,3-β-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.58, exo-1,3-β-glucosidase, β-1,3-glucan exo-hydrolase, exo (1→3)-glucanohydrolase, 1,3-β-glucan glucohydrolase) is an...
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  • marketing purposes. Common prebiotics used in food manufacturing include beta-glucan from oats, resistant starch from grains and beans, and inulin from chicory...
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  • Thumbnail for Cellulose 1,4-β-cellobiosidase (non-reducing end)
    2.1.91, exo-cellobiohydrolase, β-1,4-glucan cellobiohydrolase, β-1,4-glucan cellobiosylhydrolase, 1,4-β-glucan cellobiosidase, exoglucanase, avicelase...
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    fruit body of shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes). Lentinan is a β-1,3 beta-glucan with β-1,6 branching. It has a molecular weight of 500,000 Da and specific...
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    RJ, Siebold C, Gordon S, et al. (June 2007). "Structure of the fungal beta-glucan-binding immune receptor dectin-1: implications for function". Protein...
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    The dry weight of the basidiocarp was found to contain up to 43.6% Beta-glucan, which was approved for the treatment of cancer in Japan and most recently...
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    colors blue with iodine. (Beta) Limit dextrin is the remaining polymer produced by enzymatic hydrolysis of amylopectin with beta amylase, which cannot hydrolyse...
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  • In enzymology, a beta-glucan-transporting ATPase (EC 3.6.3.42) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + H2O + beta-glucanin ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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  • points and specific rotations. Every two anomers are designated alpha (α) or beta (β), according to the configurational relationship between the anomeric centre...
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    (GOS) Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) Maltodextrin Polysaccharides Beta-glucan Oat beta-glucan Lentinan Sizofiran Zymosan Cellulose Chitin Chitosan Dextrin...
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  • Glycosidic bond (redirect from Beta-linkage)
    (GOS) Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) Maltodextrin Polysaccharides Beta-glucan Oat beta-glucan Lentinan Sizofiran Zymosan Cellulose Chitin Chitosan Dextrin...
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    heart disease when combined with a low-fat diet via the effect of oat beta-glucan to reduce levels of blood cholesterol. A similar conclusion was reached...
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    lipid profile. Rice bran also contains a high level of dietary fiber (beta-glucan, pectin, and gum). It also contains ferulic acid, which is also a component...
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    Galactose (redirect from Beta-D-galactose)
    exocyclic 1,2-diol. In the cyclic form there are two anomers, named alpha and beta, since the transition from the open-chain form to the cyclic form involves...
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    (GOS) Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) Maltodextrin Polysaccharides Beta-glucan Oat beta-glucan Lentinan Sizofiran Zymosan Cellulose Chitin Chitosan Dextrin...
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    repeated glucose units bonded together by beta-linkages. Humans and many animals lack an enzyme to break the beta-linkages, so they do not digest cellulose...
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    oligosaccharides are always pentasaccharides attached to asparagine via a beta linkage to the amine nitrogen of the side chain. Alternately, O-linked oligosaccharides...
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    produced by the fungus Schizophyllum commune. Schizophyllan is a β-1,3 beta-glucan with β-1,6 branching. Schizophyllan is also known as sizofiran. Schizophyllan...
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  • relations among β-glucan hydrolases". Adv. Chem. Ser. 95: 105–138. Glucan+1,4-beta-glucosidase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject...
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  • (GOS) Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) Maltodextrin Polysaccharides Beta-glucan Oat beta-glucan Lentinan Sizofiran Zymosan Cellulose Chitin Chitosan Dextrin...
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  • glucan (PGG glucan, proprietary name Betafectin) is an anti-infective agent and a form or type of beta-glucan. Betafectin is a PGG-glucan, a novel...
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    (GOS) Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) Maltodextrin Polysaccharides Beta-glucan Oat beta-glucan Lentinan Sizofiran Zymosan Cellulose Chitin Chitosan Dextrin...
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