Ascorbic Acid Stimulation of Production of a Highly Branched β-1,3-Glucan by >Aureobasidium pullulans K-1—Oxalic Acid, a Metabolite of Ascorbic Acid as the Stimulating Substance—

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1801-1806

  Hamada, Nobutake ^a,c   Deguchi, Kohji ^b   Ohmoto, Takashi ^a   Sakai, Kiyofumi ^a   Ohw, Tatsuhiko ^a   Yoshizumi, Hajime ^b  

^a OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Aureobasidium pullulans; Oxalic acid; Polysaccharide production stimulating substance; 1,3 glucan

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN; GLUCAN; OXALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DEUTEROMYCETES; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA-GLUCANS; GLUCANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; OXALIC ACID;

EID: 0034280920     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1801     Document Type: Article

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