Article: Quaker Oats/Rhone-Poulenc. (Patent News).(gets U.S. patent for beta glucan food additive)(Brief Article)

Article: SOPHY BETA-GLUCAN ENHANCES EFFICACY OF VACCINES VS ...
AsiaPulse News;  November 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... However 1 per cent Sophy Beta-Glucan showed an increased immunity ... common pathogens." (1) Beta-Glucan is a glucan produced by ... reproduces. The first Beta-Glucan to be approved as a natural food additive by Japan's Ministry of ...

Article: Sophy Beta-Glucan Shown to Enhance Efficacy of ...
PR Newswire Europe;  November 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... health. However 1% Sophy Beta-Glucan showed an increased immunity ... common pathogens." (1) Beta-Glucan is a glucan produced by ... reproduces. The first Beta-Glucan to be approved as a natural food additive by Japan's Ministry of ...

Article: Nurture, Inc. Receives Third US Patent for Aqueous-Based Process ...
PR Newswire;  November 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... contains 54 percent beta-glucan by weight, compared ... formulating new products. "Beta-glucan, which has important ... largely unavailable as a food additive due to the cost-prohibitive ... efficient production of beta-glucan concentrates." Oat ...

Article: (Beta)-glucan fractions from barley and oats are ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...beta-Glucan Fractions from Barley and Oats Are Similarly Antiatherogenic ... activities of oats and barley are commonly attributed to the beta-glucan fractions. Although beta-glucan is present in both grains and appears to be chemically ...

Article: Influence of oat [beta]-glucan preparations on the ...
Cereal Chemistry;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... molecular weight of four different [beta]-glucan preparations on the perceived sensory ... containing high molecular weight [beta]-glucan, two were more-processed low molecular weight [beta]-glucan preparations. Twelve beverage samples ...

Article: Determination of [beta]-glucan molecular weight ...
Cereal Chemistry;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... specific binding of Calcofluor to [beta]-glucan for determination of amount and molecular weight of [beta]-glucan in different cereal extracts. To ... the HPSEC system, a purified [beta]-glucan was fractionated into narrow molecular ...

Article: Effects of [beta]-glucan from Paenibacillus ...
Asian - Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... experiment to determine the effects of [beta]-glucan from Paenibacillus polymyxa and ... with the basal feed (control), [beta]-glucan 400 mg/kg feed, L-theanine 80 mg/kg feed or [beta]-glucan plus l-theanine (combination ...