The hypocholesterolemic effect of extracellular polysaccharide from the submerged fermentation of mushroom

Nutrition Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1953-1957

  Cheung, Peter C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

glucans; Cholesterol; Extracellular polysaccharide; Mushroom mycelium; Volvariella volvacea

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYSACCHARIDE; STEROID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FERMENTATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030297070     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(96)00218-7     Document Type: Article

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