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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 (Iceland moss).[1] It has been studied since about 1957.[2]
^Perlin, A. S.; Suzuki, S. (1962). "The Structure of Lichenin: Selective Enzymolysis Studies". Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 40 (1). Canada: National Research Council of Canada: 50–56. doi:10.1139/v62-009.
^Cunningham, WL; Manners, DJ (March 1964). "Studies on carbohydrate-metabolizing enzymes. 11. The hydrolysis of lichenin by enzyme preparations from malted barley and Rhizopus arrhizus". The Biochemical Journal. 90 (3). England: Portland Press on behalf of the Biochemical Society: 596–602. doi:10.1042/bj0900596. ISSN 0264-6021. PMC 1202740. PMID 5833367.
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...
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...
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...
(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...
perform the hydrolysis of 1,4-beta-D-glycosidic linkages in cellulose, lichenin and cereal β-D-glucans. Xyloglucan-specific endo-beta-1,4-glucanase Xyloglucan-specific...
lichens. lichenicolous lichens Lichens which grow on or in other lichens. lichenin A polycarbohydrate found in wall of the hyphae of many lichen-forming fungi...
isolated as a component of an extract of Iceland moss in 1813, along with lichenin. After further analysis and characterization of the individual components...
arabinoxylan (wheat), xylan, xyloglucan, glucomannan, galactomannan, B-glucan, lichenin, and laminarin. They do grow on host-derived glycans like neutral mucin...
but is differentiated because it does not contain the polysaccharide lichenin (which is present in high quantities in Bryoria), and it has a unique cortex...
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...
– 5% dry weight) and significant quantities of the lichen carbohydrate lichenin (15 – 35% dry weight), which is digestible to some animals. As a result...
determination, apoptosis induction, and telomerase inhibition of CFP-2, a novel lichenin from Cladonia furcata". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects...