Dan, arabinogalactan is a large molecular weight polysaccharide (tree sugar) present mainly in Larch and to a lesser degree in a few other conifers. It was used for postage stamp glue historically, but now is extracted for medical and nutriceutical purposes. www.larex.com Very interesting properties of immune system enhancement, and strongly hepatophillic, so it can be used to deliver drugs to the liver, and might be useful in preventing liver metastases post-op cancer by blocking the galactan receptors. David > David writes:Larch butts, for example, can be up 23% (by > weight) arabinogalactan. > > Dan replies: > Question, what is ARABINOGALACTAN ? What is it used for? - Stoves List Archives and Website: http://www.crest.org/discussion/stoves/current/ http://www.ikweb.com/enuff/public_html/Stoves.html Stoves List Moderators: Ron Larson, ronallarson@qwest.net Alex English, english@adan.kingston.net Elsen L. Karstad, elk@wananchi.com www.chardust.com List-Post: <mailto:stoves@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:stoves-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:stoves-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:stoves-subscribe@crest.org> Sponsor the Stoves List: http://www.crest.org/discuss3.html - Other Biomass Stoves Events and Information: http://www.bioenergy2002.org http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/ http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/carbon.shtml For information about CHAMBERS STOVES http://www.ikweb.com/enuff/public_html/Chamber.htm
