Take a look at a recent paper in Carbohydrate Research (vol. 299, pp.
203-208: The application of various protic acids in the extraction
of
(1-3)-beta-d-glucan from Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
A MULLER, H ENSLEY, H PRETUS, R MCNAMEE, E JONES, E MCLAUGHLIN,
W
CHANDLEY, W BROWDER, D LOWMAN, DL WILLIAMS)--hey, S. cerevisiae is a
fungus, too, so it might be relevant. Actually, the paper gives a fairly
thorough account of the analytical methods used.
Good luck.
Regards,
A.J. D'Ambra, Ph.D.
North American Vaccine, Inc.
Beltsville, MD, USA
Soohyun Kim wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>> I am working at Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) which is a national
> core facility.
> My customer asked me about analysis of beta-glucan in mushroom some days=
> ago.
> I have searched references but I did not get the information yet.
> I would like to know the methods or reference related to purification and
> quantitation of beta-glucan.
> Please send me your idea. Thank you.
>> Best regards.
>> Soohyun Kim
>> KBSI
>shkim at comp.kbsi.re.kr
