Hypoglycemic effects of exopolysaccharides produced by mycelial cultures of two different mushrooms Tremella fuciformis and Phellinus baumii in ob/ob mice

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1257-1265

  Cho, Eun Jae ^a   Hwang, Hye Jin ^a   Kim, Sang Woo ^a   Oh, Jung Young ^a   Baek, Yu Mi ^a   Choi, Jang Won ^a   Bae, Song Hwan ^b   Yun, Jong Won ^a  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

^b Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Exopolysaccharides; Hypoglycemic effect; ob ob mice; Phellinus baumii; Tremella fuciformis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; FUNGI; INSULIN; LIPIDS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; METABOLISM; RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HYPOGLYCEMIC EFFECTS; MUSHROOMS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (OGTT);

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

DIABETES; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUSHROOM; POLYSACCHARIDE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD INTAKE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHELLINUS BAUMII; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYCELIUM; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; INONOTUS BAUMII; MUS; TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS;

EID: 34250892566     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-0972-2     Document Type: Article

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