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beta-glucan

class of chemical compounds
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beta-glucan

Summary

beta-glucan is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. beta-glucan ranks in the top 8% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (728 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • beta-glucan's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • beta-glucan is a type of thickener[4].
  • beta-glucan is a type of glucan[5].
  • beta-glucan is a type of polysaccharide[6].
  • beta-glucan is part of beta-glucan metabolic process[7].
  • beta-glucan is part of beta-glucan biosynthetic process[8].
  • beta-glucan is part of beta-glucan catabolic process[9].
  • beta-glucan is part of beta-glucan transmembrane transporter activity[10].
  • beta-glucan is part of ABC-type beta-glucan transporter activity[11].
  • beta-glucan is part of beta-glucan transport[12].
  • beta-glucan's Commons category is recorded as Beta-glucans[13].
  • beta-glucan comprises carbon[14].
  • beta-glucan comprises oxygen[15].
  • beta-glucan comprises hydrogen[16].
  • beta-glucan's natural product of taxon is recorded as Avena sativa[17].

Why It Matters

beta-glucan ranks in the top 8% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (728 views/month).[2] beta-glucan has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] beta-glucan is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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