Current and future strategies for wine yeast lees valorization

A De Iseppi, G Lomolino, M Marangon… - Food Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wine lees is a sludge material mainly composed of dead yeast precipitated at the bottom of
wine tanks. Along with grape pomace and grape stalks, it is one of the main by-products of …

Effects of orally administered yeast‐derived beta‐glucans: A review

ABC Samuelsen, J Schrezenmeir… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Yeast‐derived beta‐glucans (Y‐BG) are considered immunomodulatory compounds
suggested to enhance the defense against infections and exert anticarcinogenic effects …

Mechanism by which orally administered β-1, 3-glucans enhance the tumoricidal activity of antitumor monoclonal antibodies in murine tumor models

F Hong, J Yan, JT Baran, DJ Allendorf… - The Journal of …, 2004 - journals.aai.org
Antitumor mAb bind to tumors and activate complement, coating tumors with iC3b.
Intravenously administered yeast β-1, 3; 1, 6-glucan functions as an adjuvant for antitumor …

Preparation of spent brewer's yeast β‐glucans for potential applications in the food industry

S Thammakiti, M Suphantharika… - … journal of food …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
A preparation of β‐glucan, obtained from spent brewer's yeast, was evaluated for potential
food applications. This material was autolysed and the cell walls that were obtained were …

A new non-degrading isolation process for 1, 3-β-D-glucan of high purity from baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

S Freimund, M Sauter, O Käppeli, H Dutler - Carbohydrate polymers, 2003 - Elsevier
1, 3-β-d-glucan is a widespread polysaccharide in microorganisms, mushrooms and plants.
Numerous benefits for the health of humans and animals have been described for more than …

Drug delivery product and methods

GR Ostroff - US Patent 7,740,861, 2010 - Google Patents
5,622,940 A 4, 1997 Ostroff The present invention provides a particulate delivery system
5,633,369 A 5, 1997 Jamas et al. comprising an extracted yeast cell wall comprising beta …

Glucan drug delivery system and adjuvant

S Jamas, GR Ostroff, DD Easson Jr - US Patent 5,607,677, 1997 - Google Patents
The invention describes a whole B-glucan drug delivery vehicle that non-speci? cally
enhances the immune response, and is safe for human use. A drug is incorporated into a …

Glucan drug delivery system and adjuvant

S Jamas, GR Ostroff, DD Easson Jr - US Patent 5,032,401, 1991 - Google Patents
The invention describes a whole B-glucan drug deliv ery vehicle that non-speci? cally
enhances the immune response, and is safe for human use. A drug is incorpo rated into a …

Glucan composition and process for preparation thereof

S Jamas, CK Rha, AJ Sinskey - US Patent 4,992,540, 1991 - Google Patents
Three dimensional glucan matrix compositions are pre pared by separating growing yeast
from its growth medium, subjecting the yeast with cell walls intact to an alkali material …

Effect of high pressure homogenization on the production of yeast extract via autolysis and beta-glucan recovery

G Dimopoulos, M Tsantes, P Taoukis - Innovative Food Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to assess the application of high pressure homogenization (HPH)
as a pretreatment prior to the process of autolysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells in …