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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...
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almost colorless, and
tastes slightly bitter. It
contains about 70% of
lichenin or lichen-starch, a
polymeric carbohydrate compound isomeric with common...
- 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...
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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...
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within Equiseta suggest that the role of MLG in each may be different.
Lichenin Fry,
Stephen C.; Nesselrode,
Bertram H. W. A.; Miller,
Janice G.; Mewburn...
- 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...
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isolated as a
component of an
extract of
Iceland moss in 1813,
along with
lichenin.
After further analysis and
characterization of the
individual components...
- large, dark
pigmented cells, a
pachydermatous medulla, and the
absence of
lichenin in
their cell walls.
While morphologically similar in some aspects, the...
