Particularly, beta-glucan from barley was shown to possess significantly greater overall antioxidant capacity compared to oats as well as yeast. Beta-D-glucans, normally referred to as beta glucans, consist of a course of indigestible polysaccharides commonly found in nature in sources such as grains, barley, yeast, microorganisms, algae as well as mushrooms. In oats, they are concentrated in the bran, extra exactly in the aleurone and sub-aleurone layer.
