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a. Products are free of interfering glucans
b. Available from Associates of Cape Cod, Inc.
*Cryptocuccus, Zygomycetes (such as Absidia, Mucor and Rhizopus) and Blastomyces dermatitidis (infective yeast form) are known to have little or no (1→3)-β-D-Glucan and thus, glucan is not detected during infection with these organisms.