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Glucans

Known as: polyglucose, Glucose Polymer, Polyglucoses 
Polysaccharides composed of repeating glucose units. They can consist of branched or unbranched chains in any linkages.
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(1-6)-glucopyranosyl laminatriose1,4-glucanCyclodextrinsGlycogen
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Polysaccharideshexosan

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1999
1999
Use of forage inoculants with or without enzymes to improve preservation and quality of whole crop barley forage ensiled as large bales
Moshtaghi Nia, S. A. and Wittenberg, K. M. 1999. Use of forage inoculants with or without enzymes to improve preservation and… 
1998
1998
Peritoneal Fluid and Solute Transport with Different Polyglucose Formulations
Objective To study peritoneal fluid and solute transport characteristics using different polyglucose solutions with and without… 
1996
1996
Effects of heat treatment of barley starches on in vitro digestibility and glucose responses in rats.
Starches were purified from barley flours milled from Waxbar, Glacier, high-amylose Glacier (HAG) and hull-less high-amylose… 
1983
1983
Fructosyltransferase activity of a glucan-binding protein from Streptococcus mutans.
Streptococcus mutans serotype c produces several extracellular proteins which bind to affinity columns of immobilized glucans… 
1982
1982
A method for assessing carbohydrate energy absorption and its application to premature infants.
A method was developed for assessing indirectly the fecal excretion of carbohydrate-derived energy. Then, eight healthy premature… 
1976
1976
Efficiency of bacterial protein synthesis in the rumen of sheep receiving a diet of sugar beet pulp and barley.
Eight sheep fitted with both rumen and duodenal re-entrant cannulae were used to investigate the digestion of a diet consisting… 
1975
1975
Influence of carbohydrates on growth and sporulation of Clostridium perfringens type A.
Growth and sporulation of Clostridium perfringens type A in Duncan and Strong (DS) sporulation medium was investigated. A… 
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1974
Highly Cited
1974
beta-Glucan Synthetases of Plasma Membrane and Golgi Apparatus from Onion Stem.
Biosynthesis of glucans occurred in cell-free fractions isolated from onion stem (Allium cepa L.) enriched in either dictyosomes… 
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1973
Highly Cited
1973
Cytoplasmic glycogen inclusions in cells of anaerobic gram-negative rumen bacteria.
Megasphaera elsdenii, an anaerobic rumen bacterium, produced intracellular polysaccharide granules varying in size from 0.05 to 0… 
1973
1973
Polyglucose particles synthesized by phosphorylase and branching glycosyltransferase in rat skeletal muscle fibers.