Glucan REAL

Introduction

GlucanREAL.

? Major component : Schizophyllan

? Chemical structure : ß-1,6-branched-ß-1,3-glucan

? Origin : Schizophyllum commune

(biotechnological product)

? Average molecular weight : 3.5 X Da

? Content of SC-glucan : 0.4 %

? Characteristics : Colorless or slightly opalescence liquid

Properties

? Powerful skin moisturizing effect ? Alleviation effect for skin irritation

? Burn and wound healing effect ? Induction of collagen biosynthesis

Applications

? Moisturizing component for general cosmetics

? Moisturizing component for cosmetics for dry skin

? Moisturizing component for cosmetics for atopic patient

? Moisturizing and burn healing component for sun-block cream

Schizophyllan?

? SC-glucan is a kind of ß-glucan, a natural polymer

produced by the fungus Schizophyllum commune

consisting of a 1,3-ß-D-linked backbone of glucose

residues with 1,6-ß-D-glucosyl side groups

Features

? Molecular weight

Molecular weight: average 3.5X Da

(Korea Polymer Testing & Research Institute)

? Effects on burn and wound healing

SC-glucanis is able to promote wound and burn healing by inducing generation of

growth factors for epidermal cell proliferation. also SC-glucan not only moisturizes

but also protects wound area from microbial infections (wasser SP,1999)

? Immune strengthening effect

? Immune strengthening effect

? SC-glucan is a scientifically proven biological defense modifier (BDM) that

nutritionally potentiates and modulates the immune response.

? SC-glucan intensifies the effectiveness of the body`s immune system by activating

specific white blood cell called macrophage (Kikuchi M, 1980)

? SC-glucan is used as cancer treatment druge in JAPAN

? SC-glucan can enhance some element for the immune system against microbial

infection (Mizuno T,1995)

? Safety

? ß-1,6-branched-ß-1,3-glucan was approved by the FDA in 1983 (GRAS)

? SC-glucan is clinically administered and its safety in the human body has already been confi rmed.