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power, metal chelating ability and ABTS (2,2-Azino-bis, 3-ethylbenzothiazoline- 6sulfonic acid) and all these activities varied significantly (p ≤ 0.05) among all the
β-glucan, however the β-glucan from Coprinus attrimentarius exhibited the highest
values for all antioxidant activities (Khan et al. 2017). Maity et al. (2014) evaluated
the antioxidant properties of a soluble β-glucan derived from the fruiting bodies of
mushroom Entoloma lividoalbum by alkaline extraction. The β-glucan was found to
possess hydroxyl and superoxide radical-scavenging activities with effective concentration of 480 and 150 μg/mL and the reducing power was found to be 0.5 at
480 μg/mL. The antioxidant properties of hot-water polysaccharide extracts of
fruiting bodies of A. bisporus, Agaricus brasiliensis, Phellinus linteus and
G. lucidum containing β-glucan were compared, and the order was found to be
G. lucidum, P. linteus, A. brasiliensis, A. bisporus (Kozarski et al. 2011).
Table 1 Sources and bioactivity of some β-glucans
Source
Type
Bioactivity
References
Agaricus
bisporus
β-glucan
Antioxidant, immunemodulating effect
Wang et al.
(2013)
Kozarski et al.
(2011)
Scizophyllum
commune
Schizophyllan
Antioxidant, anticancer
activities
Du and Xu
(2014)
Wasser (2002)
Poria cocos
β-glucan
Antitumor activities
Chen et al.
(2009)
Lentinus
edodes
Mannoglucan,
polysaccharide-protein
complex, glucan, lentinan
Immunomodulating, anticancer
and antitumor activities
Maity et al.
(2014)
Ganoderma
lucidum
β-d-glucan
Immunostimulatory, antioxidant
activities
Wang et al.
(2014)
Ma et al. (2013)
Pleurotus
tuberregium
β-glucan
Hyperglycemia and oxidative
stress; hepatoprotective,
anti-breast cancer
Huang et al.
(2012)
Zhang et al.
(2006)
Zhang et al.
(2001)
Hordeum
vulgare L.
Barley β-glucan
Immunestimulatory,
hypocholesterolemic
Chan et al.
(2007)
Choi et al. (2010)
Avena sativa L. Oat β-glucan
Immunestimulatory,
hypocholesterolemic, antitumor
Udayangani et al.
(2017)
Theuwissen and
Mensink (2007)
Choromanska
et al. (2015)
Beta-Glucans
power, metal chelating ability and ABTS (2,2-Azino-bis, 3-ethylbenzothiazoline- 6sulfonic acid) and all these activities varied significantly (p ≤ 0.05) among all the
β-glucan, however the β-glucan from Coprinus attrimentarius exhibited the highest
values for all antioxidant activities (Khan et al. 2017). Maity et al. (2014) evaluated
the antioxidant properties of a soluble β-glucan derived from the fruiting bodies of
mushroom Entoloma lividoalbum by alkaline extraction. The β-glucan was found to
possess hydroxyl and superoxide radical-scavenging activities with effective concentration of 480 and 150 μg/mL and the reducing power was found to be 0.5 at
480 μg/mL. The antioxidant properties of hot-water polysaccharide extracts of
fruiting bodies of A. bisporus, Agaricus brasiliensis, Phellinus linteus and
G. lucidum containing β-glucan were compared, and the order was found to be
G. lucidum, P. linteus, A. brasiliensis, A. bisporus (Kozarski et al. 2011).
Table 1 Sources and bioactivity of some β-glucans
Source
Type
Bioactivity
References
Agaricus
bisporus
β-glucan
Antioxidant, immunemodulating effect
Wang et al.
(2013)
Kozarski et al.
(2011)
Scizophyllum
commune
Schizophyllan
Antioxidant, anticancer
activities
Du and Xu
(2014)
Wasser (2002)
Poria cocos
β-glucan
Antitumor activities
Chen et al.
(2009)
Lentinus
edodes
Mannoglucan,
polysaccharide-protein
complex, glucan, lentinan
Immunomodulating, anticancer
and antitumor activities
Maity et al.
(2014)
Ganoderma
lucidum
β-d-glucan
Immunostimulatory, antioxidant
activities
Wang et al.
(2014)
Ma et al. (2013)
Pleurotus
tuberregium
β-glucan
Hyperglycemia and oxidative
stress; hepatoprotective,
anti-breast cancer
Huang et al.
(2012)
Zhang et al.
(2006)
Zhang et al.
(2001)
Hordeum
vulgare L.
Barley β-glucan
Immunestimulatory,
hypocholesterolemic
Chan et al.
(2007)
Choi et al. (2010)
Avena sativa L. Oat β-glucan
Immunestimulatory,
hypocholesterolemic, antitumor
Udayangani et al.
(2017)
Theuwissen and
Mensink (2007)
Choromanska
et al. (2015)
Beta-Glucans