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Polysaccharide vs Lentinan - What's the difference?

polysaccharide | lentinan |


In carbohydrate terms the difference between polysaccharide and lentinan

is that polysaccharide is a polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds while lentinan is a glucan found in some mushrooms.