An immune-enhancing water-soluble α-glucan from Chlorella vulgaris and structural characteristics

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1933-1941

  Tabarsa, Mehdi ^a,b   Shin, Il Shik ^a   Lee, Ju Hun ^a   Surayot, Utoomporn ^a   Park, WooJung ^a   You, SangGuan ^a  

^a Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

2D NMR; Chlorella vulgaris; glycosidic linkage; immunomodulation; (1 6) D glucan

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

2-D NMR; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; D-GLUCAN; GLYCOSIDIC LINKAGES; IMMUNO MODULATIONS;

GLUCOSE;

EID: 84948955408     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10068-015-0255-0     Document Type: Article

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