"β-glucan" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007, Hannu Salovaara, Fred Gates, Maija Tenkanen, Dietary Fibre Components and Functions, Wageningen Academic Pub, page 75",
          "text": "The effects of β-glucan structure and molecular weight on rheological properties have been surveyed. Decreasing molecular weight by controlled enzymatic or acid hydrolysis decreased the viscosity of β-glucan in solution […]",
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