TABLE 1.
Producers, origins, and branching of the glucans used in this studya
| Glucan | Product identifier, source | Origin | Type | Backbone |
Branch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Minor | |||||
| Baker's yeast glucan | 49097, Sigma-Aldrich Chemie B.V., Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands | S. cerevisiae | Yeast | β-(1,3) | β-(1,6) | |
| Barley glucan | P-BGBL, Megazyme International Ireland Ltd., Wicklow, Ireland | Barley | Plant | β-(1,4) | β-(1,3) (∼25%) | |
| Curdlan | 032-09902, Wako Chemicals GmbH, Neuss, Germany | Alcaligenes faecalis | Bacterial | β-(1,3) | β-(1,6) (∼1.3%) | |
| Laminarin | 61430, Sigma-Aldrich Chemie B.V., Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands | Laminaria digitata | Algal | β-(1,3) | β-(1,6) | |
| Lichenan | P-LICHN, Megazyme International Ireland Ltd., Wicklow, Ireland | Cetraria islandica | Lichen | β-(1,4) | β-(1,3) (∼33%) | |
| Oat glucan | P-BGOM, Megazyme International Ireland Ltd., Wicklow, Ireland | Oat | Plant | β-(1,4) | β-(1,3) (∼25%) | |
| Pachyman | P-PACHY, Megazyme International Ireland Ltd., Wicklow, Ireland | Poria cocos | Fungal | β-(1,3) | β-(1,6) (∼2.5%) | |
| Paramylon | 89662, Sigma-Aldrich Chemie B.V., Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands | Euglena gracilis | Algal | β-(1,3) | ||
| Pullulan | P-PULLN, Megazyme International Ireland Ltd., Wicklow, Ireland | Pullularia pullulans | Fungal | α-(1,4) | α-(1,6) (∼25%) | |
| Pustulan | 540501, EMD Chemicals, Inc., Gibbstown, NJ | Umbilicaria papulosa | Lichen | β-(1,6) | ||
| Schizophyllan | Gift of U. Rau, Department of Biotechnology, TU Braunschweig, Germany | Schizophyllum commune | Fungal | β-(1,3) | β-(1,6) | |
| Scleroglucan | Gift of U. Rau, Department of Biotechnology, TU Braunschweig, Germany | Sclerotium rolfsii | Fungal | β-(1,3) | β-(1,6) | |
| Xyloglucan | P-XYGLN, Megazyme International Ireland Ltd., Wicklow, Ireland | Tamarindus indica | Plant | β-(1,4) | ||