Beta glucan
The term Beta glucans refers to a class of indigestible polysaccharides, present in bran, oats, yeasts, fungi and algae.
They are polysaccharides consisting of units of D-glucose, joined together by bonds Beta 1,3 or Beta 1,4 glycosidic: these bonds confer a very low digestibility, hypocholesterolemizing, hypoglycaemic and immunomodulatory activity.
In the intestinal environment they reduce the absorption of glucose and cholesterol, which would facilitate their elimination through the faeces.
They are also very important because they activate the immune system by stimulating the activity of phagocytes, support specific primary defenses and enhance the activity of macrophages.
Beta glucan is present in the food supplement CANDIBIOTA (https://www.elisirlife.it/en/integratore-alimentare-candibiota-100-cps.html)
