FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (3): 188-192.

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Accumulation Features and Immuno-stimulative Effects of β-glucans from six marine microalgae

  

  • Received:2011-10-20 Revised:2013-01-09 Online:2013-02-15 Published:2017-12-29

Abstract:

The accumulation features of microalgal β-glucans, including accumulation phase and rate, have been characterized by monitoring the contents of β-glucans from six marine microalgae during their growth cycles, the extraction and the immuno-stimulative effects of β-glucans were also studied. The results indicated that the contents of cellular β-glucans reached maximum at stationary phase for all the microalgae, however, with large variations depending on the species. Among the six microalgae, Thalassiosira pseudonana showed outstanding features for its β-glucans with high accumulation rate, isolation yield, and significant immuno-stimulative effects. It is also showed that the immuno-stimulative effects of β-glucans were higher from microalgae than that from yeast.

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