Nutraceutical, Anti-Inflammatory, and Immune Modulatory Effects of β-Glucan Isolated from Yeast

Table 1

Formulation of diets (dry matter basis) per 100 grams. The American Institute of Nutrition Rodent Diets (AIN-93); β-glucan = β-glucan extracted from yeast in our laboratory.

Ingredients	Control normal diet	2% -glucan diet	4% -glucan diet
Corn oil	5.0	5.0	5.0
Mineral mixture	5.0	5.0	5.0
Vitamin mixture	1.0	1.0	1.0
Casein	10.0	10.0	10.0
-glucan	0.0	3.0	6.0
Corn starch	74.0	71	68
Pectin	5.0	5.0	5.0