Chemical properties and antioxidant activity of exopolysaccharides from mycelial culture of Cordyceps sinensis fungus Cs-HK1

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1251-1256

  Leung, Po Hong ^a   Zhao, Shuna ^a   Ho, Kwok Ping ^a   Wu, Jian Yong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cordyceps sinensis; Exopolysaccharides; Ferric reducing ability; Mycelial culture; Polysaccharide protein complex; Radical scavenging

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249085401     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.10.081     Document Type: Article

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