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Linear β-1,3 Glucans Are Elicitors of Defense Responses in Tobacco

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Oligogalacturonic Acid and Chitosan Reduce Stomatal Aperture by Inducing the Evolution of Reactive Oxygen Species from Guard Cells of Tomato and Commelina communis

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Recent trends in the microbial production, analysis and application of Fructooligosaccharides

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Angiogenic Oligosaccharides of Hyaluronan Induce Multiple Signaling Pathways Affecting Vascular Endothelial Cell Mitogenic and Wound Healing Responses

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β-Glucans in promoting health: Prevention against mutation and cancer

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The algal polysaccharide carrageenans can act as an elicitor of plant defence

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