Hypoglycemic activity of the fungi Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps sinensis, Tricholoma mongolicum, and Omphalia lapidescens in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1152-1156

  Zhang, Guoqing ^a   Huang, Yuedong ^a   Bian, Yong ^a   Wong, Jack H ^b   Ng, T B ^b   Wang, Hexiang ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; DIABETIC RATS; HYPOGLYCEMIC ACTIVITIES; STREPTOZOTOCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; BODY FLUIDS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES;

FUNGI;

ALCOHOL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HOT WATER; NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DIABETES; ETHANOL; FRUITING; FUNGUS; POLYSACCHARIDE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FRUITING BODY; FUNGUS; MALE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; OMPHALIA LAPIDESCENS; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRICHOLOMA MONGOLICUM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGARICALES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CORDYCEPS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; STREPTOZOCIN;

CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; FUNGI; TRICHOLOMA MONGOLICUM;

EID: 33749852150     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0411-9     Document Type: Article

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