1029 results about "Beta-glucan" patented technology

The invention features a food product containing a probiotic and β-glucan isolated from a natural source, methods of treating a disease or disorder by administering the food product, and a package containing separated components of the food product.

Methods of treating dehulled or hull-less oat, i.e. oat groats, to produce oat pearlings, oat flour and oat bran products are described. Oat groats are abrasion milled to remove up to 15% by weight and produce pearled oat groats and pearlings. The pearlings are extracted sequentially with aqueous ethanol and hexane to produce an anti-irritant and a light oat oil, or with hexane to produce a dark oat oil and lipase. The pearled oat groats are steeped in an aqueous medium for up to 4 hours and then macerated to produce an enriched oat bran, from which an enriched beta glucan may be extracted; a refined oat flour, from which oat starch and oat protein may be extracted; and a pearled oat groat extract from which further products, such as an oat anti-irritant can be recovered.

The invention discloses Agrobacterium ZX09, water-soluble beta-glucan prepared from the Agrobacterium ZX09 and the preparation method thereof and the application on reducing blood sugar, wherein the bacterial strain of the Agrobacterium ZX09 is obtained by separating saline soil from Dongying city in Shandong province; the bacterial strain is Agrobacterium sp. and is collected in China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC) on January 21st, 2010; and the collection number is CCTCC NO:M2010020. The structure general formula of the water-soluble beta-glucan prepared from the Agrobacterium ZX09 is as follows: ->(3)-beta-D-Glup-(1->3)-[beta-D-Glup-(1->3)-beta-D-Glup-]3-alpha-D-Glup-(1->3)-alpha-D-Glup-(1)n->, and n in the structural formula is from 100 to 200. The bacterial strain has the advantages of novelty, special properties, salt resistant growth, no pigment secretion in the process of growth, simple and convenient cultivation operation, simple technology, total synthetic media, definite components and low cost, and is suitable for industrial production.

Dry milling methods for preparing oat products enriched in the content of β-glucan and methods for preparing foodstuffs incorporating such an enriched oat product especially ready-to-eat cereals are provided. Heat conditioned dehulled oats are dry milled to form a coarse whole non defatted oat flour and then, without a preceding removal of fat, dry fractionated into coarser bran and finer oat flour fractions at multiple stages. The coarse oat flour is first dry classified to separate or form a coarser fraction oat bran containing more concentrated β-glucan and a finer oat flour or starch containing or endosperm containing fraction. The oat bran is subjected to second and third rounds of milling and classification to form a high β-glucan content (>7-9%) oat bran and a low β-glucan content (3%) oat flour. The methods are low cost and commercially practical. Preferably, the high β-glucan content oat bran and oat flour fractions can have a syringic acid to ferulic acid ratio of at least 2.5:1 indicating improved flavor. Preferably, the oat bran and oat flour have a Farinograph value of 5 to 20 minutes indicated partial gelatinization. The oat bran and oat flours can be used to prepare foodstuffs such as ready-to-eat cereals.

The present patent relates to a method for producing flours from grain myceliated with macroscopic fungi (mushrooms). These flours can be used to prepare food for human consumption, such as bread and biscuits, and for animal consumption, such as fodder. Active principles (ergosterol, beta glucan, linoleic and oleic acids, lectins), enzymes, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, mineral salts, inter alia, can also be extracted from these flours for use in the chemical, foodstuff and cosmetic industries, for producing phytotherapeutic agents, pharmaceuticals, textiles, paper products, pharmaceuticals and fodder for animals.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a highland barley-wheat germ deep processing product, in particular to a process for preparing highland barley-wheat germ biological fermented milk, which solves the problems that the highland barley-wheat germ deep processing product has a single form and that nutrients cannot be absorbed by a human body completely. Lactobacillus bulgaricus, streptococcus thermophilus and lactobacillus acidophilus are inoculated according to a certain ratio, and a beta-glucan functional factor, dietary fibers, trace elements, microorganisms and the like of highland barley, and the nutrients such as high-quality plant proteins, vitamin E and the like of the wheat germ are utilized. The method mainly comprises the steps of: the compounding of the highland barley and the wheat germ, grinding into thick liquid, enzymolysis, the addition of milk and lactic acid fermentation. The prepared highland barley-wheat germ lactobacillus beverage is rich in proteins, lactic acid bacteria, beta-glucan, various trace elements, vitamins and the like.

The present invention provides an improved and more efficient method for the purification of Beta glucan, mannan and manno-protein complexes or immuno-potentiating substances, directly from yeast. In addition, the present invention provides methods for the production of Beta glucan, mannan and manno-proteins for use in animal feed to (1) prepare and enhance the immune system to fight infections more effectively and efficiently, (2) increase resistance to and decrease duration of bacterial and viral infections, (3) allow producers to reduce or remove “growth promotion antibiotics” in feed systems, thus producing more naturally grown animals, (4) reduce or prevent the negative growth response normally associated with administration of live vaccines to animals and (4) other associated health benefits such as in the case of swine of increased piglet litter size and survivability for piglets after weaning when Sows fed this novel Beta glucan extract.

The invention discloses multifunctional aloe gel and a preparation method thereof. Formerly conventional aloe gel products cannot maintain good skin quality and cannot reach multiple beauty-maintaining skin-care effects. The multifunctional aloe gel provided by the invention comprises effective active components such as aloe freeze-dried powder, plant extract, compounded sodium hyaluronate, allantoin, D-panthenol, menthol, betaine, beta-glucan and the like, employs methylisothiazolinone combined with iodopropynyl butylcarbamate as an antiseptic, and employs an alkali liquid selected from solutions of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide with the concentration of 5%. The product prepared by employing the preparation method provided by the invention has the good efficacy of retaining moisture, calming, resisting ageing, resisting inflammation and bacteria, alleviating stimulation, compacting skin, promoting healing of damaged skin, and the like, and is mild in properties, safe to use and excellent in moisture-retaining performance. The simultaneous usage of the multiple components not only gives full play to the effective effects of each component, but also helps to guarantee the best beauty-maintaining skin-care effect of the integral product.

The invention provides a formula and a corresponding preparation method of a probiotics solid beverage with probiotics micro-capsule powder, prebiotics, bovine colostrum powder and yeast beta-glucan as raw materials. By means of special matching and selection of specific bacteria in probiotics micro-capsule powder, the prepared solid beverage is favorable for improvement of the gastrointestinal tract of a human body and is further favorable for improvement of immunity of a human body.

The invention relates to a method for preparing oat bran dietary fiber food. The method comprises the following steps of: cleaning oat grains, removing stone and impurities, washing, removing ash and shriveled grains, leaching, frying, pealing and crushing, and sorting fine oat meal and oat bran; carrying out enzymolysis on the oat bran by adopting high temperature resistant alpha-amylase, heating and drying or drying with microwaves, spirally bulking, and the like to obtain the oat bran dietary fiber food. The method provided by the invention not only increases the flavor and the crispy degree of the oat bran, but also improves the water solubility of functional factor beta-glucan; and by eating the oat dietary fiber, the aims of preventing atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary disease and constipation, reducing blood pressure and cholesterol, clearing intestines and stomach, improving the immunity and protecting the health are achieved; and the oat bran dietary fiber food has great benefits of promoting physical strength and prolonging the life for middle-aged and elderly people.

According to the present invention, fat and caloric content of processed cheeses can be reduced by the replacement of a portion fat content normally found in processed cheeses with an equal amount of emulsified liquid shortening composition comprising dietary fiber gel, water and lipid. The result is that fat and caloric content of processed cheeses can be manipulated with minimal effect on taste and texture. Furthermore, these emulsified mixtures, or “emulsified liquid shortening compositions comprising dietary fiber gel, water and lipid”, can further comprise functional foods such as high omega three and omega six oils and pure omega three and omega six fatty acids, medium chain triglyceride, beta carotene, calcium estearate, vitamin E, bioflavonoids, fagopyritrol, polyphenolic antioxidants of vegetable origin, lycopene, luteine and soluble fiber, for example Beta-Glucan derived from yeast, and other soluble fibers derived from grain, flax seed, and other vegetable and fruit fiber sources, and any combination thereof. Hence, in addition to reducing fat and caloric content of processed cheeses, further health benefits can be achieved by replacing a portion of fat with emulsified liquid shortening compositions comprising dietary fiber gel, water and lipid.

beta-Glucan which is cold-water soluble and is capable of forming a gel. The solubility is greater than 2% by weight in water at a temperature below approximately 50° C. A process for preparing the beta-glucan by recovering the beta-glucan from an aqueous solution containing it before any gelation of the solution begins to occur. The use of the beta-glucan for treating various disorders or diseases, and other uses including in foods and as an edible film.

The invention discloses an aloe gel skin-care product and a preparation method thereof, and the aloe gel skin-care product comprises the following components by weight: 30.0%-98.0% of aloe gel fresh juice, 0.00%-5.00% of purslane extracts, 0.00%-5.00% of beta-glucan, 0.00%-0.20% of sodium hyaluronate, 0.00%-0.50% of allantoin, 0.00%-4.00% of vitamin B5, 1.00%-10.0% of polyols, 0.30%-2.00% of carbomer, 0.00%-10.0% of glyceride polyacrylate, 0.01%-0.30% of preservatives, 0.05%-0.20% of EDTA-2Na, 0.20%-1.50% of triethanolamine, and 0.00%-50.0% of deionized water. The aloe gel skin-care product of the invention has good stability and compatibility, has excellent efficacy of moisture retention, moisturization, inflammation removal, analgesia, irritation resistance, and rapid healing promotion for skin damaged tissues.

The invention discloses a composite moisturizing agent characterized in comprising, by weight, 30-50% of glycerol, 15-30% of water, 12-15% of sodium lactate, 12-15% of PCA sodium, 3-10% of allantoin, 2-5% of beta-glucan, 0.5-2.5% of polyquaternium-51, and 0-1% of sodium hyaluronate. The composite moisturizing agent composition provided by the invention has a far better effect against skin water loss than those of independent applications of single components in the composition. The composition provided by the invention has a far better effect for skin elasticity than those of independent applications of single samples. Therefore, the components provide a synergetic effect. When the composition is compounded, skin moisture retention can be improved. Also, the composition provided by the invention has a far better effect in improving skin moisture retention than reference samples such as polyethylene glycol, ceramide, collagen, and chitin. Therefore, the composite moisturizing agent provided by the invention is a high-efficiency moisturizing agent.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a nutritional, therapeutic or organoleptic product by growing non-recombinant yeast under aerobic conditions, in a medium that includes crude glycerol, as one possible carbon source to produce a yeast product. The yeast product can be processed to obtain such nutritional, therapeutic or organoleptic products as yeast paste, yeast metabolites, carbohydrates, proteins, functional proteins, nucleotides, yeast autolysates, yeast extract, yeast cell walls, beta-glucans, mannans or a product derived from a mineralized yeast product.

The invention discloses a feed additive capable of promoting the liver health of fish. The feed additive capable of promoting the liver health of fish is composed of the following constituents in total 100 percentage by mass: 15-20% of bile acid, 10-15% of tauric acid, 10-15% of beta-glucan, 8-12% of mannan oligosaccharide, 5-8% of L-carnitine, 6-10% of choline and the balance of fillers; the added amount of the feed additive capable of promoting the liver health of fish, disclosed by the invention, is 0.1-0.2% of the total mass of the feed; the feed additive is capable of reducing the accumulation of fat in the fish liver, improving the capacity of the fish liver for transferring fat, reducing the metabolism burdens of the liver, and improving the health conditions of fish bodies and promoting growth; during the use of the feed additive disclosed by the invention, the main formula of the feed does not need to be changed specially, thus reducing the labour and material costs during the production process of the feed; the raw materials of the feed additive disclosed by the invention are mainly prepared from animal tissues and beer yeast and are stable in source; therefore, the feed additive is natural, environment-friendly, safe and non-toxic.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a composition for regulating microecological balance of skin and a preparation method of the composition. The composition is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight of 0.1-10 parts of beta-glucan, 0.1-8 parts of ecological nutritive liquid, 0.1-3 parts of bifida ferment lysates, 0.1-6 parts of lactobacilli/soybean milk fermentation product filtrate, 0.1-10 parts of bacillus fermentation products, 0.1-6 parts of biologic glycine-2, 0.1-1 part of carboxymethyl chitosan and 0.1-1 part of dipotassium glycyrrhizinate. The composition disclosed by the invention has the functions of regulating flora, resisting inflammation and performing relieving stress; through combined action of prebiotics and postbiotics, microorganisms which arebeneficial to health of skin are supported, the growth of pathogenic bacteria is competitively inhibited, besides, the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria causing flora disorder is restrained throughbiologic polypeptide, and the balance of skin flora is restored; and then the pH environment of the skin is regulated, and the dermatitis reactions are reduced, so that microorganism protective screens of the skin are repaired, and the defence capability of the skin is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of aquaculture feedstuff. Premix material consists of composite vitamin and composite microelement according to the mass ratio of 5 to 10:15 to 20, wherein the composite vitamin consists of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K3, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, nicotinic acid, calcium pantothenate, folic acid, biotin, inositol, vitamin C, beta-glucan, garlicin, DMPT, astaxanthin, topaz, antioxidant, mildew inhibitor and wheat middlings; and the composite microelement consists of ferric citrate, zinc sulfate, magnesium sulfate, methionine, potassium iodate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, sodium selenite, potassium chloride, choline chloride, betaine and zeolite. The invention has stable raw material sources and complete nutrition. A cultivated object grows rapidly with a high feedstuff conversion rate and good cultivating benefits. Compared with crabs eating other feedstuff sources such as rough fish, corn, bean pulp, and the like, the quality of Chinese mitten crab is improved. The invention relates to the feedstuff additive premix material for the Chinese mitten crab.

Compositions and kits comprising combinations of β-glucans and specific immunoglobulins are disclosed. The compositions and kits are useful in methods of preventing or treating infection by a pathogenic microorganism, in which β-glucan is administered to a subject, and specific antibodies to a pathogenic microorganism are introduced into the subject.