Definition of "glucan" [glucan]

• Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose (noun)

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• "Beta-glucan, which is a type of soluble fiber, is found in whole grains."
• "Aktivated Barley is the slowest burning complex carbohydrate known to man with the highest amount of convertible beta glucan, which is a soluble fiber."
• "They found little or no bacteria, but they did find glucan, which is a marker for fungi, at some of the 15 sites, especially on the fabric gap spanners that span the distance between handrails on the truss."