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Immunity and Infection

Improved Prebiotic.

Patent

Patent Code: WO2005/111195 and PCT/GB2005/001888

Al-Ghazzewi, F. and Tester, R. F. (2005) Improved Prebiotic. WO2005/111195 and PCT/GB2005/001888.

The effects of temperature, pH and cations on the rheological properties of the extracellular polysaccharides of medicinal species of the genus Tremella Pers. (heterobasidiomycetes).

Journal article

Patent Code: Not applicable.

Khondkar, P., Aidoo, K. E. and Tester, R.F. (2010) The effects of temperature, pH and cations on the rheological properties of the extracellular polysaccharides of medicinal species of the genus Tremella Pers. (heterobasidiomycetes). International Journal for Medicinal Mushrooms 12 (1), 73-85.

Beneficial health characteristics of native and hydrolysed konjac (Amorphophallus konjac) glucomannan.

Review article

Patent Code: Not applicable.

Tester, R.F, and Al-Ghazzewi, A.H. (2016) Beneficial health characteristics of native and hydrolysed konjac (Amorphophallus konjac) glucomannan. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 96, 3283-3291.

Inhibition of the adhesion of Escherichia coli to human epithelial cells by carbohydrates.

Journal article

Patent Code: Not applicable.

Al-Ghazzewi, F. H. and Tester, R. F. (2014) Inhibition of the adhesion of Escherichia coli to human epithelial cells by carbohydrates. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre 4, 1-5.

Role of Glucomannans in Immunology

Journal Article

Patent Code: Not applicable.

Richard Tester, Farage Al-Ghazzewi (2017) Role of Glucomannans in Immunology. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 20, 97-114.

Gut associated lymphoid tissue: Carbohydrate interactions within the intestine

Journal article

Patent Code: Not applicable.

Xin Qi and Richard F. Tester (2020) Gut associated lymphoid tissue: Carbohydrate interactions within the intestine. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre 21, article 100210.