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

Table 3

Composition (%; DW) and properties of commercial and extracted β-glucan. Mean values with are not significantly different.

Composition/property	Commercial	Extracted	value
Carbohydrates	86.08 ± 0.9	88.74 ± 1.6	0.4753
Crude protein (CP)	4.8 ± 0.7	3.88 ± 0.2	0.1653
Ether extract (EE)	2.32 ± 0.0	3.90 ± 0.2	0.2545
Ash	1.24 ± 0.0	2.50 ± 0.2	0.1322
Water absorption capacity (mL/g)	6.066 ± 0.2	5.3 ± 0.360	0.50
Oil absorption capacity (mL/g)	1.76 ± 0.1	1.66 ± 0.1	1.00
Lose bulk density (g/mL)	2.17 ± 0.3	0.698 ± 0.0	0.014
Packed bulk density (g/mL)	1.42 ± 0.4	0.379 ± 0.0	0.003
Swelling percentage (%)	3.77 ± 0.2	4.833 ± 0.0	0.10
Water solubility (%)	8.6 ± 8.7	7.9 ± 6.0	0.65