β-glucan is a non-starch soluble polysaccharide widely present in yeast, mushrooms,
bacteria, algae, barley, and oat. β-Glucan is regarded as a functional food ingredient due to …

The current paper reviews content and variation in fiber and nonstarch polysaccharides
(NSP) of common crops used in broiler diets. The cereal grain is a complex structure, and its …

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 …

Hemicelluloses, comprising the non-cellulose cell-wall polysaccharides of vegetative and
storage tissues of annual and perennial plants, represent an immense renewable resource …

Arabinoxylans and mixed linkage (1→ 3)(1→ 4)-β-d-glucans are the major non-starch
polysaccharides present in various tissues of barley. Depending on the genotypic or cellular …

Cereals β-glucans are linear homopolysaccharides of consecutively linked (1→ 4)-β-d-
glucosyl residues (ie oligomeric cellulose segments) that are separated by single (1→ 3) …

The health-related importance of dietary fibre, as part of a balanced diet, has been
recognised for decades. More recently, soluble fibre such as (1→ 3, 1→ 4)-β-d-glucan …

β-Glucan is a valuable functional ingredient and various extraction techniques are available
for its extraction. Choice of an appropriate extraction technique is important as it may affect …

Highland barley (HB) is mainly composed of starch, which may account for up to 65% of the
dry weight to the kernel. HB possesses unique physical and chemical properties and has …

The effects of fermentation by Lactobacillus plantarum dy-1 on the main structural changes
of barley β-glucan and their in vitro activities were studied. Molecular characteristics, infrared …