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Definition
: Glucose polymers consisting of a backbone of beta(1->3)-linked beta-D-glucopyranosyl units with beta(1->6) linked side chains of various lengths. They are a major component of the CELL WALL of organisms and of soluble DIETARY FIBER.
Examples
Lentinan
;
Sizofiran
;
Zymosan
Other names
beta Glucans
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Drugs
*
IS2 beta-
glucan
0
*beta-Glucans.
Int Immunopharmacol. 2011 Oct;11(10):1578-83.
betaglucin
0
*beta-Glucans.
Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2009 Aug;30(8); 1092-8
CUR-
N beta-
1,3-
glucan
0
*Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
*beta-Glucans.
Org Biomol Chem 2007 Jul 21;5(14):2219-24
micellapist
0
*beta-Glucans
Dietary Supplements
Shiitake Mushrooms.
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2006 Nov;33(12):1726-9
PCM3-
II
0
*beta-Glucans.
Oncol Rep. 2006 Mar;15(3):637-43
soy isoflavone aglycone
0
*Isoflavones
*beta-Glucans.
Biol Pharm Bull. 2005 Dec;28(12):2342-5
deacetylated poly-
N-
acetyl-
1-
6-
glucosamine
0
*beta-Glucans.
Infect Immun 2005 Oct;73(10):6752-62
poly-
N-
acetyl-
1-
6-
glucosamine
0
*beta-Glucans.
Vaccine 2004 Feb 17;22(7):872-9
5-
((4,6-
dichlorotriazin-
2-
yl)amino)fluorescein hydrochloride-
Celite complex-
labeled Saccharomyces cerevisiae beta-
glucan
0
*Fluoresceins
*beta-Glucans.
Infect Immun 2005 Oct;73(10):6340-9
beta-
1,3-
D-
glucan
0
*beta-Glucans.
(1-
3)-
beta-
D-
glucan phosphate
0
*beta-Glucans.
beta-
glucan collagen
0
*Collagen
*beta-Glucans
Burns/therapy.
J Pediatr Surg 2001 Jan;36(1):113-8
6-
O-
glucopyranosylated curdlan
0
*beta-Glucans.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1998 Mar;62(3):570-2
3-
O-
glucopyranosylated curdlan
0
*beta-Glucans.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1998 Mar;62(3):570-2
cyclic (1-
6)-
(1-
3)-
glucan
0
*beta-Glucans.
Microbiol Rev 1994 Jun;58(2):145-61
cyclic beta(1-
2)glucan
116243-01-7 Cyclo(beta-
D-
glucan), (1-
2)
*beta-Glucans.
J Biomed NMR 1993 Jan;3(1):81-9
poly-
1-
6-
glucopyranosyl-
1-
3-
glucopyranose glucan
0
*beta-Glucans.
Pharma Action
Adjuvants, Immunologic
;
Anti-Infective Agents
Oncology (Williston Park) 1991;5(3):117
beta-
glucan, (1-
3)(1-
4)
55965-23-6
*beta-Glucans.
Adv Exp Med Biol 1990;270:119
carboxymethyl-
beta-
glucan-
cytarabine
0
*beta-Glucans
Cytarabine/*analogs & derivatives.
Int J Cancer 1991;47(2):281
beta-
1,6-
glucan
37361-00-5
*beta-Glucans.
Mol Cell Biol 1990;10(6):3013
carboxymethylcurdlan
114732-86-4
*beta-Glucans.
J Pharmacobiodyn 1989;12(10):581
curdlan sulfate
115743-28-7
*beta-Glucans.
Pharma Action
Antimalarials
;
Antiviral Agents
Biochem Pharmacol 1990;39(4):793
grifolan
104074-36-4
*beta-Glucans.
Pharma Action
Adjuvants, Immunologic
;
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 1985;33(11):4950
curdlan
54724-00-4
*beta-Glucans
Polysaccharides, Bacterial.
Biochem Soc Trans 1983;11(2):139
beta-
1,2-
glucan
9051-99-4 beta-
D-
Glucan, (1-
2)
*beta-Glucans.
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1981;47(6):481
beta-
1,3-
glucan
9051-97-2
*beta-Glucans.
Pharma Action
Adjuvants, Immunologic
;
Immunologic Factors
Dev Comp Immunol 1981;5(4):565
carboxymethyl-
beta-
1,3-
glucan
61163-25-5
*beta-Glucans.
Eur J Cancer 1980;16(9):1271
1,3-
beta-
glucan synthase
EC 2.4.1.34
*Glucosyltransferases
Arabidopsis Proteins
Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
beta-Glucans.
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek J Microbiol Serol 44(3-4):329;1979; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994 Sep 27;91(20):9500-4
echinocandin B
54651-05-7
*Fungal Proteins
*Echinocandins
beta-Glucans.
Pharma Action
Antifungal Agents
Helv Chim Acta 57(8):2459;1974