Chitin-glucan improves important pathophysiological features of irritable bowel syndrome

Figure 8 Molecular modelling of interaction between lipopolysaccharide and chitin-glucan. A: Trapping of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (O antigen moiety colored in yellow and lipid A moiety colored in magenta) by chitin-glucan (CG) (chitin moiety colored in orange and glucan moiety colored in green); B: Folding of CG into a hairpin showing the cavity that hosts LPS in its middle (chitin moiety colored in orange and glucan moiety colored in green); C: Interactions of LPS (O antigen moiety colored in magenta and lipid A moiety colored in blue) with CG (chitin moiety colored in orange and glucan moiety colored in green) via a network of 18 hydrogen bonds (yellow dashed line).