A huge variety of plants are harvested worldwide and their different constituents can be
converted into a broad range of bionanomaterials. In parallel, much research effort in …

β-Glucans are a group of biologically-active fibers or polysaccharides from natural sources
with proven medical significance. β-Glucans are known to have antitumor, anti-inflammatory …

This review describes pharmacologically active compounds from mushrooms. Compounds
and complex substances with antimicrobial, antiviral, antitumor, antiallergic …

Hemicelluloses are types of plant cell wall polysaccharides, and the world's second most
abundant renewable polymers after cellulose in lignocellulosic materials. They represent a …

(1→ 3)-β-d-Glucans that have β-d-glucopyranosyl units attached by (1→ 6) linkages as
single unit branches enhance the immune system systemically. This enhancement results in …

In the last three decades, numerous polysaccharides and polysaccharide-protein complexes
have been isolated from mushrooms and used as a source of therapeutic agents. The most …

Medicinal mushrooms have been valued as natural sources of bioactive compounds since
times immemorial and have been recognized as potential immunomodulating and anti …

New foods and natural biological modulators have recently become of scientific interest in
the investigation of the value of traditional medical therapeutics. Glucans have an important …

ABSTRACT A number of polysaccharides with β-glycosidic linkage are widespread in nature
in a variety of sources. All have a common structure and the (1→ 3)-β-D-glucan backbone is …

Since its first discovery in the late 1960s, schizophyllan attracted much attention from both
academia and industry. Schizophyllan is an exopolysaccharide elaborated by the …