Specification sheet for Biobran MGN-3
Product name
MGN-3 Rice Bran Arabinoxylan Compound
US Patent: 5,560,91.
Source
This product is composed of dietary fiber obtained from rice bran hemicellulose B by a hot water extraction method, enzymatically broken down by the carbohydrase complex from shitake muchrooms.
Content specification
| Carbohydrate | 65% – 80% |
| Protein | 8% – 15% |
Protein measured by the Lowry method
Characteristics
| Colour | Light brown |
| Form | Powder |
| Scent | Distinctive scent |
| Taste | Faint sweet taste and faint acidity/lemony |
| Solubility | Water soluble
Over 95% soluble in water at 60°C |
| Stability | Stable to processing in high temperature
Hygroscopicity |
| Moisture | less than 8% |
| Crude ash | 5% – 10% |
| Arsenic (as As2O3) | less than 5ppm |
| Heavy metals (as Pb) | less than 20ppm |
| Aerobic plate count | Aerobic plate count |
| Coliform bacteria | Negative |
| Mutagenicity (Ames test) | Negative |
| Acute toxicity | LD50 > 36g/kg (rat) |
| Repeated dose | NOAEL>200mg/kg/day |
| Physiological activity | Primarily influences biophylasix systems |
| Fibre Content | 1.4g/100g of raw material / 27.3g/100g of finished sachet powder |
Ingredients list for Biobran tablets and sachets
Biobran MGN-3 is available in 1000mg sachets and 250mg tablets. Whilst this weight is the quantity of active ingredient within each product, there are of course excipients that have to be added in addition to make the powder stable and flow easily in the sachets, and help make the tablets stable and bind.
INGREDIENTS PER TABLET
MGN-3 Arabinoxylan - 250mg
Microcrystalline Cellulose - 81mg
Cornstarch - 42.5mg
Cocoa powder - 22.5mg
Glycerol Esters of Fatty Acids - 22.5mg
Dextrin - 13.5mg
Tricalcium Phosphate - 9mg
Silicon Dioxide - 9mg
(Total weight: 450mg)
INGREDIENTS PER SACHET
MGN-3 Arabinoxylan - 1000mg
Microcrystalline Cellulose - 500mg
Dextrin - 200mg Cornstarch - 260mg
Tricalcium Phosphate - 40mg
(Total weight: 2000mg)
Product safety is paramount for any supplement
Biobran MGN-3 is one of the safest supplements on the market today, with a clinical track record of nearly 15 years. It is non-toxic (LD50 >36.0g/kg) and is well tolerated. What is more, it does not have an unpleasant taste or smell, making it an easy food supplement to take.
Despite the fact that mushroom enzymes are used in the breakdown of the rice bran to make the product, the finished product is well tolerated even by those with mushroom intolerances.
Contraindications:
The only (and obvious) contraindication for Biobran MGN-3 are with individuals taking immunosuppressant drugs. Obviously you won't want to boost the immune system if your doctor is trying to reduce your immune system. Apart from that, Biobran MGN-3 is not specifically contraindicated with any other drug or supplement. However, we do advise that you always check with your doctor or practitioner.
For more details see specification of BionBran MGN-3
A key to Biobran's effectiveness is its easy absorption
Biobran MGN-3, a non-toxic glyconutritional food supplement (or functional food) made from breaking down rice bran with enzymes from the Shitake mushroom, has been clinically proven to help powerfully enhance depleted immune systems. So successful is this unique and patented MGN-3 arabinoxylan supplement at stimulating immune function that Professor M. Ghoneum of Drew University of Medicine and Science has stated: "I have been researching immunomodulators for over 30 years now and Biobran MGN-3 is the most powerful immune complex I have ever tested."
The enzymes and acids (digestive juices) break down our food, in the stomach and beyond, into small components. These are then absorbed through the small intestinal wall into the blood stream. Proteins are broken down into peptides and amino acids; digestible carbohydrates into oligosaccharides and dextrose (glucose); and fats into glycerol and fatty acids.
Fibre, on the other hand, has traditionally been regarded as the insoluble and indigestible part of vegetable foods that provide the physical bulk to allow the intestine to efficiently move the digested food through the small intestine, into the large intestine and on to elimination. It is only in the last decade, however, that research is revealing the important role of "soluble fibres". Oats, for example, help lower cholesterol because of their soluble fibre content. These fibres are remain partially undigested by the stomach and, due to their small molecular chain size, are able to pass through the intestinal wall into the blood stream.
Biobran MGN-3 is a particular soluble fibre that has a powerful immuno-modulatory effect. Only partially digested in the stomach, much of it is absorbed in the small intestine in undigested form and enters the blood to stimulate NK cells and macrophages.
Picture from the Biobran MGN-3 Guide Copyright Daiwa Pharmaceutical
