β-Glucans
β glucans and their significance for the preparation of functional foods – a review
... of β-glucans at rela- tively low concentrations (Butt et ...of β-glucans into various products (baking products, muffins and cakes, pasta, noodles, muesli cereals, milk products, soups, salad ...
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Quality and Sensory Properties of Reduced Fat Yoghurt Made with Addition of β Glucans
... proteins. β -Glucans were added to the milk in the form of a paste containing ...of β -glucans, such that the final concentrations in the yoghurt were ...0.3% β -glucan had the same ...
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Synbiotic effects of β-glucans from cauliflower mushroom and Lactobacillus fermentum on metabolic changes and gut microbiome in estrogen-deficient rats
... mainly β-glucans partly prevented the disturbance of glucose and lipid metabolism while potentiating hepatic insu- lin signaling without changing serum 17β-estradiol ...
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β-Glucans and Post Prandial Satiety: The Role of Intestinal Hormones in Healthy Volunteers
... Results are shown as mean ± S.E.M. for intestinal hormones data, S.D. used for haematochemical tests. The comparison of hematochemical tests before and after the 30 days of pasta intake was performed by Wilcoxon test. ...
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Effect of supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and/or β-glucans on performance, feeding behaviour and immune status of Holstein Friesian bull calves during the pre- and post-weaning periods
... Forty-four HF male calves were used in this experiment. Calves were sourced from 30 different farms across 3 geographical regions and were transported to the re- search facility at approximately 12 days of age. Mean (± ...
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Varying Effects of Different β-Glucans on the Maturation of Porcine Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells
...  -Glucans are well known for their immunomodulatory capacities in humans and mice. For this reason, together with the European ban on growth-promoting antibiotics,  -glucans are intensively used in pig ...
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Involvement of β-Glucans in the Wide-Spectrum Antimicrobial Activity of Williopsis saturnus var. mrakii MUCL 41968 Killer Toxin
... Results: The data reported here support the hypothesis that WmKT binds to sensitive cells using surface-exposed -glucans. Indeed -glucanase exerts an antagonistic ef- fect on WmKT activity and spheroplasts ...
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Oat bran, but not its isolated bioactive β-glucans or polyphenols, have a bifidogenic effect in an in vitro fermentation model of the gut microbiota
... (i.e. β -glucan or poly- phenols) on the faecal GM using in vitro ...isolated β -glucan or polyphenol mix given at a matched dose did not induce a similar effect ...
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Mushroom Biomass: Some Clinical Implications of β-Glucans and Enzymes
... Mushrooms have attracted market attention because they are a potential source of bioactive compounds able to perform several functions in organisms with benefits for the health of the consumer. Cultivation processes vary ...
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Application of β d glucans isolated from mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus (pleuran) and Lentinus edodes (lentinan) for increasing the bioactivity of yoghurts
... of β -�-glucopyranose units bound through (1→4) and (1→3) glycosidic ...of β-glucans: the former 3–11% and the latter 3–7% plus 1% of ...2002). β -�-Glucan from yeasts is sold as an alimentary ...
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Antioxidant activity, β glucan and lipid contents of oat varieties
... the β-glucan contents of oats are highly in- fluenced by genotypic and environmental factors (Lim et ...of β-glucan content were much lower in the naked varieties ...of β-glucan formation in naked ...
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Immunostimulants: Types and Functions
... a) Glucans: An important class of immunostimulants is the β-(1→3)-linked chain of glucose ...has β-(1→6)-branched glucose units. The β-glucans were obtained from highly conserved ...
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Mushrooms of genus Pleurotus as a source of dietary fibres and glucans for food supplements
... of β-glucans, which are components of both insoluble and soluble dietary ...and glucans than are the gastronomically attractive pilei, and, there- fore, the stems can be used for the preparation of ...
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Evaluation of total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of malting and hulless barley grain and malt extracts
... characteristics, β-glucans, total phenolic contents, and corresponding antioxidant activities determined by DPPH radical scavenging ...starch, β-glucan, malt extract content, and wort viscosity, but ...
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Malting quality and genetic diversity in Brazilian elite barley Germplasm
... of β-glucans is directly related to the viscosity and therefore is related to problems in the filtration steps during the beer production process (Aastrup and Erdal, ...and β-amylase on starch ...
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Biochemical Aspects of Non-Starch Polysaccharides
... Polysaccharides are macromolecules of monosaccharides linked by glycosidic bonds. Non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) are principally non-α-glucan polysaccharides of the plant cell wall. They are a heterogeneous group of ...
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Comparative effect of probiotic (saccharomyces cerevisiae), prebiotic (fructooligosaccharide fos) and their combination on some differential white blood cells in young common carp (cyprinus carpio l.)
... wall β- glucans did not affect appetite, but was followed by bettered feed utilization and faster growth, showing that gut health is an important production parameter for Atlantic ...
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Effect of Different Levels of Germinated Barley on Live Performance and Carcass Traits in Broiler Chickens
... and β-glucanases (Prentice et ...major β-glucanase produced in the endosperm of germinating barley (Woodward and Fincher, ...decreases β-glucans that are responsible for the lower nutritive ...
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A ConA like lectin isolated from Canavalia maritima seeds alters the expression of genes related to virulence and biofilm formation in Streptococcus mutans
... To verify the purity of the lectins, the proteins were sub- mitted to SDS-PAGE. Both lectins showed an electro- phoretic pattern that was characteristic of the Diocleinae subtribe as three different bands were ...
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Immunomodulatory dietary polysaccharides: a systematic review of the literature
... Additional RCTs of well-characterized products are needed to more completely understand the immunomo- dulatory effects and specific applications of oral polysac- charides. Such studies will need to better investigate the ...
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