Biotechnology Corner – Oyster Mushroom
“β-Glucan from Crude Powder of Oyster Mushroom act as Nutraceutical supplement for patients suffering from Metabolic Disorder” Beta glucan is a compound found in mushrooms that has an important role in obesity. Not only mushroom, it is also found in many cereals, fungi. This work’s aim is beta- glucan characterization in mushrooms which has anti obesity properties by extraction method of beta-glucan using hot water extraction method and purification is done by chromatography. The crude polysaccharides (PSC) fractions contained beta- glucan (including chit oligosaccharides deriving from chitin hydrolysis), alpha- glucan and other PSCs (hetro-/proteo-ǥlucans) Depending on temperature, mushroom strain considered. The crude polysaccharide in this work was extracted from a mushroom sample by mixing with n-hexane. After the repeated interval of using hot water, at their corresponding temperature the needy component was extracted, that is beta- glucan. After extraction of β–glucan...