Abstract
Introduction Natural products, useful in treating and/or preventing numerous diseases, have been sought throughout mankind’s history. Currently, there are more than 50,000 dietary supplement products marketed just in the United States alone and over 50% of the American population takes at least one dietary supplement each day. Most of these natural
Highlights
Natural products, useful in treating and/or preventing numerous diseases, have been sought throughout mankind’s history
First we focused on effects of glucan supplementation on infection with E. coli
When we measured the level of specific antibodies, the glucan supplementation or antibiotic treatment has statistically identical effects (Figure 2)
Summary
Useful in treating and/or preventing numerous diseases, have been sought throughout mankind’s history. There are more than 50,000 dietary supplement products marketed just in the United States alone and over 50% of the American population takes at least one dietary supplement each day. Most of these natural products are plagued with a common problem, i.e., the fact that they often represent a complex mixture of individual ingredients each of which can contribute to their biological activity. The individual papers always focused on one glucan, and no attempts were ever made to use one particular glucan in numerous infection
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