Characterisation and immunostimulatory activity of an α-(1→6)-d-glucan from the cultured Armillariella tabescens mycelia

Food Chemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Luo, Xia ^a,b   Xu, Xiaoyan ^b   Yu, Mengyao ^a,b   Yang, Zhirong ^a   Zheng, Linyong ^a,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sichuan Institute of Chinese Materia Medica   (China)

^c CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Armillariella tabescens; Cytokines; Macrophage; Nitric oxide; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; NITRITE REDUCTASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARMILLARIELLA TABESCENS; MURINAE;

EID: 51749125993     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.03.076     Document Type: Article

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