Definition of Lichenin. Meaning of Lichenin. Synonyms of Lichenin

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Definition of Lichenin

Lichenin
Lichenin Li"chen*in (l[imac]"k[e^]n*[i^]n), n. (Chem.) A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.

Meaning of Lichenin from wikipedia

- Lichenin, also known as lichenan or moss starch, is a complex glucan occurring in certain species of lichens. It can be extracted from Cetraria islandica...
- polysaccharides: Endohydrolysis of (1→4)-β-D-glucosidic linkages in cellulose, lichenin and cereal β-D-glucan The name is also used for any naturally occurring...
- almost colorless, and tastes slightly bitter. It contains about 70% of lichenin or lichen-starch, a polymeric carbohydrate compound isomeric with common...
- hydrolysed is itself substituted at C-3 Substrates include laminarin, lichenin and cereal D-glucans. Barras DR, Stone BA (November 1969). "β-1,3-Glucan...
- Beta chrysolaminarin, β-1,3-glucan curdlan, β-1,3-glucan lichenin, β-1,3- and β-1,4-glucan oat beta-glucan, β-1,3- and β-1,4-glucan zymosan, β-1,3-glucan...
- lentinan, a strictly purified β-1,6:β-1,3-glucan from Lentinus edodes lichenin, β-1,3- and β-1,4-glucan oat beta-glucan, β-1,3- and β-1,4-glucan pleuran...
- for some gastropods) in which the enzyme lichenase, which breaks down lichenin to glucose, has been found. However, they also eat the leaves of willows...
- (1→3)-(1→4)-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase. It was named after its activity in on lichenin (a form of mixed-linkage glucan). This enzyme catalyses hydrolysis of β-(1...
- isolated as a component of an extract of Iceland moss in 1813, along with lichenin. After further analysis and characterization of the individual components...
- obsolete. lichenicolous lichen A lichen that grows on another lichen. lichenin Also lichenan. A polymer of glucose that occurs in the cell walls of the...