Laminarin

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Laminarin (also known as laminaran) is a storage glucan (a polysaccharide of glucose) of brown algae. It is created by photosynthesis and is made up of β(1→3)-glucan with β(1→6)-linkages. It is a linear polysaccharide, with a β(1→3):β(1→6) ratio of 3:1.[1]

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  1. ^ "CHEMICAL NATURE OF A URONIC ACID-CONTAINING POLYSACCHARIDE IN THE PERITROPHIC MEMBRANE OF THE SILKWORM" (November 1963). Journal of biochemistry 54: 419-426. Japan: Published by Oxford University Press for Japanese Biochemical Society. ISSN 0021-924X. PMID 14089735. 


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