The b-D-glucans from the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae have shown in vitro affinity for zearalenone. For this reason, their utilization as dietary adsorbent, to reduce the bioavailability of zearalenone, is of practical interest. Our study used powerful devices to elucidate the spatial conformation and molecular sites of interaction between ZEN and b-D-glucans. In this respect, 1H NMR spectroscopy implicated the hydroxyl groups of the phenol moiety of zearalenone in the complexation by laminarin, a pure b-(1,3)-D-glucan. X-ray diffraction determined that laminarin displays the conformation of a single-helix with six b-D-glucopyranose residues per turn. At this stage, molecular modeling was useful to locate the interaction sites and to propose highly probable complexes of zearalenone with laminarin fragment. Interestingly, the b-(1,3)-D-glucan chain favors a very stable intra-helical association with zearalenone, nicely stabilized by b-(1,6)-D-glucans side chains. Both hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions were precisely identified in the complex and could thus be proposed as driving interactions to monitor the association between the two molecules