How can we increase solubility of fungal or yeast glucan?

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Hayat Essalmani

Preparation of Water Soluble Yeast Glucan by Four Kinds of Solubilizing Processes

January 2012Engineering 04(10):184-188

DOI: 10.4236/eng.2012.410B048

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Liping DuXuekuang ZhangChao WangDongguang Xiao

Sharmin Suraiya

Thank you Hayat. I have this paper. I successfully solublized the fungal glucan by DMSO, urea and H3PO4. But when I diluted the sample again with the distilled water it become again insoluble.

How I can recover this problem?