it is well known that several plant extracts have a lactogenic effect. this response may be inducedthrough the stimulation of prolactin release from lactotrope cells. a partial purification of the activecompound indicated that it is rich in pectin and β-glucan. these materials stimulate secretion of prolactinfrom hypophyseal fragments. in the present study, the effect of β-glucan on the secreti...

The aim of this study was to examine the changes in muscle proteome of the rainbow trout fed dietary β-glucan. The experimental diets contained 0 (control), 0.1% and 0.2% β-1,3/1,6 yeast glucan. First, feeding larvae were fed to apparent satiation nine times per day with their respective diets over two months. The percentage of body weight gain and feed efficiency of fish fed 0.2% diet was sign...

objective: in recent decades, β-glucans have been used as important complementary and alternative medicines for numerous immunocompromised individuals and those with end stage of cancer terminal. the most active form of β-glucans is β(1,3)d-glucan and its  most common source is cell wall of candida albicans. recently it has been introduced as a nano particle design to be used as a carrier for d...

the present experiment was undertaken to study the effect of different dosages of β-glucan on the growth, survival and physiological responses in juvenile striped catfish ( pangasianodon hypophthalmus ). over nine weeks of feeding fish with a diet containing 0, 0.5, 1 and 2% β-glucan (as control, g1, g2 and g3 group, respectively), some blood parameters such as serum lysozyme activity, total pr...

The β-glucanase enzyme is an protein that can hydrolyze β-glucan, one of the main components fungal cell wall. This produced by several bacteria, which B. subtilis. three-dimensional (3D) structure proteins necessary to understand their properties and functions proteins. Enzyme be analyzed for function using in silico method. study aims detect gene from subtilis W3.15 analyze it methods this re...

regarding the unique properties of camel milk, it can be used as a nutraceutical product. in this study, the effect of different variables on the quality characteristics of synbiotic yoghurt made from camel milk was studied. independent variables (all in three levels) in this study were: β-glucan (prebiotic agent)  0 - 1 - 2%, fat content 0 - 2.5 - 5%, the amount of probiotic bacteria 0.5 - 1 –...

A β-glucan synthase gene was isolated from the genomic DNA of polypore mushroom Sparassis crispa, which reportedly produces unusually high amount of soluble β-1,3-glucan (β-glucan). Sequencing and subsequent open reading frame analysis of the isolated gene revealed that the gene (5,502 bp) consisted of 10 exons separated by nine introns. The predicted mRNA encoded a β-glucan synthase protein, c...

Seven experimental oat lines with high (6.2-7.2%), medium (5.5-5.9%), and low (4.4-5.3%) β-glucan concentrations were evaluated for contributions of β-glucan, starch, protein, and their interactions, to pasting properties of oat flours by using a Rapid Visco Analyser (RVA, Newport Scientific, Warriewood, NSW, Australia). Significant correlations (P < 0.05) between β-glucan concentration and pas...

In this study, we investigated the possible roles of (1,3)-(1,6)-β-D-glucan (β-glucan) and porous electrospun poly-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) membranes containing β-glucan for skin wound healing, especially their effect on adult human dermal fibroblast (aHDF) and adipose tissue-derived stem cell (ADSC) activation, proliferation, migration, collagen gel contraction and biological safety tests o...

Phagocytes engulf pathogenic microbes, kill them and degrade their cellular macromolecules by hydrolytic enzymes in phagolysosomes. However, such enzymes are unable to degrade some microbial polysaccharides, and fate of such indigestible polysaccharides in phagocytes remains uncertain. Using the extracellular domain of Dectin-1 as β-glucan-specific probes, we succeeded in detection of soluble a...