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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Beta-Glucans in Biotechnology: A Holistic Review with a Special Focus on Yeast.

Nirmal Sarkar, Atharva Anand Mahajan, Sagarjyoti Pathak, Prakriti Seth, Ankita Chowdhury, Indrilla Ghose, Shrimanti Das, Rajanyaa Chowdhury, Aishi Bera, Anuvab Dey and 5 more

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Nirmal SarkarDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, North Guwahati 781039, Assam, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9785-3840
Atharva Anand MahajanAdvance Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai 410210, Maharashtra, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8099-8127
Sagarjyoti PathakDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, North Guwahati 781039, Assam, India.
Prakriti SethDepartment of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Raurkela, Sector 1, Rourkela 769008, Odisha, India.
Ankita ChowdhuryDepartment of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, Delhi, India.
Indrilla GhoseDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad 826004, Jharkhand, India.
Shrimanti DasDepartment of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata 700107, West Bengal, India.
Rajanyaa ChowdhuryDepartment of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata 700107, West Bengal, India.
Aishi BeraDepartment of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Anuvab DeyDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, North Guwahati 781039, Assam, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8098-7372
Anushka DuttaDepartment of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata 700107, West Bengal, India.
Ipsita MajumderDepartment of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata 700107, West Bengal, India.
Subhrojyoti GhoshDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1528-423X
Ramya Lakshmi RajendranBK21 FOUR KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6987-0854
Prakash GangadaranBK21 FOUR KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-0658-4604

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2022R1I1A1A01068652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beta-glucans (β-glucans) are polysaccharides with significant biological activity, widely recognized for their immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, and metabolic health benefits. Among various sources, yeast-derived β-(1 → 3), (1 → 6)-glucans have gained particular attention due to their potent bioactivity and diverse applications in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and functional foods. This review comprehensively examines yeast β-glucans, covering their biosynthesis, extraction, and purification from industrially relevant yeast strains, particularly

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beta-glucansbiomedical applicationsbiotechnological useshealth benefitsimmunomodulationpolysaccharidesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeyeast fermentation

Identifiers

PMID40281725
PMCPMC12024604

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