An unusual water-soluble β-glucan from the basidiocarp of the fungus Ganoderma resinaceum

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-478

  Amaral, Alex E ^b   Carbonero, Elaine R ^a   Simão, Rita de Cássia G ^b   Kadowaki, Marina K ^b   Sassaki, Guilherme L ^a   Osaku, Clarice A ^b   Gorin, Philip A J ^a   Iacomini, Marcello ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glucan; Fungus; Ganoderma resinaceum; Polysaccharide; Structure

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; EXTRACTION; FUNGI; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALINE EXTRACTION; GANODERMA RESINACEUM;

CARBOHYDRATES;

FUNGI; GANODERMA; GANODERMA RESINACEUM;

EID: 39649085570     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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