Lichenin

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Lichenin is a complex glucan occurring in certain species of lichens. It can be extracted from Cetraria islandica (Iceland moss).[1] It has been studied since about 1957.[2]

[edit] In popular culture

In his 1960 novel Trouble with Lichen, John Wyndham gives the name Lichenin to a biochemical extract of lichen used to extend life expectancy beyond 300 years.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "THE STRUCTURE OF LICHENIN: SELECTIVE ENZYMOLYSIS STUDIES" (1962). Canadian Journal of Chemistry 40 (1): 50-56. Canada: National Research Council of Canada. doi:10.1139/v62-009. ISSN 1480-3291. 
  2. ^ "Studies on carbohydrate-metabolizing enzymes. 11. The hydrolysis of lichenin by enzyme preparations from malted barley and Rhizopus arrhizus" (March 1964). The Biochemical journal 90 (3): 596-602. England: Published by Portland Press on behalf of the Biochemical Society. ISSN 0264-6021. PMID 5833367. 
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