An approach to change the basic polymer composition of the milled Fomes fomentarius fruiting bodies

Table 2 Glucans in the cell walls of the F. fomentarius after repetitive alkali-acidic extraction

Samples	Total glucan, %		α-glucan, %		β-glucan*, %
Samples	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Raw material	38.48 ^a	0.49	0.94 ^a	0.41	37.54 ^a	0.08
#1	35.25 ^a	4.75	0.18 ^a	0.05	35.07 ^a	4.72
#2	19.42 ^b	0.12	0.37 ^a	0.13	19.05 ^b	0.01
#3	2.74 ^c	0.63	0.20 ^a	0.12	2.54 ^c	0.51

Data were obtained from three or more independent experiments, performed in triplicate and represent mean in g/100 g dw ± SD of the mean. Means in a column that do not share a superscript letter are significantly different at p < 0.01 by one-way ANOVA. See Fig. 3 for identification of the samples. *β-glucan values were calculated based on total glucan and α-glucan measurements

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