Effect of a Polysaccharide (TAP) from the Fruiting Bodies of Tremella aurantia on Glucose Metabolism in Mouse Liver

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 417-419

  Kiho, Tadashi ^a   Morimoto, Hotaka ^a   Kobayashi, Takashi ^a   Usui, Shigeyuki ^a   Ukai, Shigeo ^a   Aizawa, Koichi ^b   Inakuma, Takahiro ^b  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOME CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Glucokinase; Glucose 6 phosphatase; Polysaccharide; Tremella aurantia

Indexed keywords

TREMELLA AURANTIA;

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIVER; LIVER GLYCOGEN; MALE; MICE; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0034134098     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.417     Document Type: Article

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