Both barley and oat kernel derived beta-glucans were found
in vitro to inhibit cytokine-induced protein expression of adhesion molecules
in human aortic endothelial cells in a concentration and molecular structure-dependent manner he experimental data
suggested that soluble cereal beta-glucans could act bene
ficially in inhibiting the early stages of atherosclerosis, with
the barley polysaccharides showing greater physiological potency than the respective oat beta-glucans of similar
molecular weigh