In particular, beta-glucan from barley was revealed to possess considerably greater overall antioxidant ability compared to oats and also yeast.Beta-Glucans in mushrooms -D-glucans, usually described as beta glucans, consist of a class of indigestible polysaccharides widely located in nature in resources such as grains, barley, yeast, germs, algae and mushrooms. In oats, they are concentrated in the bran, more specifically in the aleurone and also sub-aleurone layer.
