Strongly positive results were obtained. Because previous work showed that the cascade could be activated by synthetic β-glucans, we isolated naturally occurring β-glucans from the fungi ...

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CAWS is mainly composed of a complex of mannoprotein and β-glucan and reacts with limulus factor G test, specific for 1,3-β-D-glucan. Half clearance time of CAWS in DBA/2 mice was 19 min after i ...

The polysaccharides include cellulose(β-1,4-glucan), derived from wood cell-wall, paramylon (β-1,3-glucan), photochemically produced by euglena, glucomannan, obtained from konjac potatoes, curdlan ...