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lichenin
lichenin Chem. (ˈlaɪkənɪn) Also lichenine. [f. lichen n. + -in.] A kind of starch obtained from Iceland moss and other lichens.1836–41 Brande Chem. (ed. 5) 1090 Lichen Starch. Lichenin. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 658 Lichenin. 1861–93 Cooke Struct. Bot. 9 Lichenine. 1885 G. L. Goodale Physiol...
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Lichenin
Lichenin, also known as lichenan or moss starch, is a complex glucan occurring in certain species of lichens. By this process the lichenin is dissolved and on cooling separates as a colorless jelly. Iodine imparts no color to it.
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pustulin
pustulin, n. Biochem. (ˈpʌstjʊlɪn) [a. Ger. Pustulin (B. Drake 1943, in Biochem. Zeitschr. CCCXIII. 389), f. mod.L. pustulāta (see def. of *pustulan n.) + -in -in1, after lichenin n.] = *pustulan n.1943 Chem. Abstr. XXXVII. 5711 Lichenin is found in the lichen Cetraria; pustulin in Umbilicaria. 1954...
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Lichenase
It was named after its activity in on lichenin (a form of mixed-linkage glucan).
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picrolichenin
picrolichenin Biochem. (pɪkrəʊˈlaɪkənɪn) [a. G. picrolichenin (A. Alms 1832, in Ann. d. Pharm. I. 62), f. picro- picro- + lichenin lichenin.] = picrolichenic acid.1862 H. Watts tr. Gmelin's Hand-bk. Chem. XV. 56 A pound of the lichen yields half an ounce of picrolichenin. 1901 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXX....
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Glucan
chrysolaminarin, β-1,3-glucan
curdlan, β-1,3-glucan
laminarin, β-1,3- and β-1,6-glucan
lentinan, a strictly purified β-1,6:β-1,3-glucan from Lentinus edodes
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Glucanase
glucanase, an enzyme that breaks down β-1,6-glucans
Cellulase, an enzyme that perform the hydrolysis of 1,4-beta-D-glycosidic linkages in cellulose, lichenin
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lichen
▪ I. lichen, n. (ˈlaɪkən) [a. L. līchēn, ad. Gr. λειχήν in all the senses below. Cf. F. lichen, Sp. liquen, It. lichene. Not in Johnson. The pronunciation (ˈlɪtʃən) is given in Smart without alternative, and most of the later Dicts. allow it a second place; but it is now rare in educated use.] † 1. ...
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Nodobryoria
Nodobryoria is similar in appearance to Bryoria, but is differentiated because it does not contain the polysaccharide lichenin (which is present in high
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Endo-1,3(4)-β-glucanase
when the glucose residue whose reducing group is involved in the linkage to be hydrolysed is itself substituted at C-3
Substrates include laminarin, lichenin
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Cellulase
catalyze cellulolysis, the decomposition of cellulose and of some related polysaccharides:
Endohydrolysis of (1→4)-β-D-glucosidic linkages in cellulose, lichenin The specific reaction involved is the hydrolysis of the 1,4-β-D-glycosidic linkages in cellulose, hemicellulose, lichenin, and cereal β-D-glucans.
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moss
▪ I. moss, n.1 (mɒs) Forms: 1, 3, 6 mos, 2, 6 mose, 4–6 mosse, 5 moos, mosh, 4– moss. [OE. mos neut., bog (also 12th c. mose moss), corresponding to MDu., MLG. mos bog, also moss, lichen, mildew (Du. mos moss), OHG., MHG. mos (mod.G. moos) bog, moss, MSw., Da. mos:—OTeut. *muso{supm}; declensional v...
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Isolichenan
This lichen product was first isolated as a component of an extract of Iceland moss in 1813, along with lichenin.
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iso-
iso- (aɪsəʊ) before a vowel sometimes is-, combining form of Gr. ἴσος equal, used in numerous terms, nearly all scientific, the second element being properly and usually of Greek origin, rarely of Latin (the proper prefix in the latter case being equi-). The more important of these words are treated...
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Cetraria islandica
It contains about 70% of lichenin or lichen-starch, a polymeric carbohydrate compound isomeric with common starch.
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