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Side-chain structure of cell surface polysaccharide, mannan, affects hypocholesterolemic activity of yeast.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 9 Sept 2009
Yoshida Yasuto, Naito Eiichiro, Mizukoshi Harumi, Watanabe Yoko, Kimura Kazumasa, Yokoi Wakae, Sato Tadashi, Okumura Takekazu, Ito Masahiko, Sawada Haruji
Abstract excerpt
We previously reported that Kluyveromyces marxianus YIT 8292 exhibited more potent hypocholesterolemic activity than other yeasts containing Saccharomyces cerevisiae . To clarify the reason for the higher hypocholesterolemic activity, we examined the side-chain structure of cell surface polysaccharide, mannan, of K. marxianus YIT 8292. The result shows that K. marxianus YIT 8292 had shorter alpha-(1,2)-linked...
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