Hypolipidemic and antioxidant properties of Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss:Fr) Karst used as a dietary supplement

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1083-1089

  Rubel, Rosália ^a   Santa, Herta S Dalla ^a   Fernandes, Luiz Cláudio ^a   Bonatto, Sandro J R ^a   Bello, Sérgio ^a   Figueiredo, Bonald C ^b   Filho, José Hermenio C Lima ^a   Santos, Cid Aimbiré M ^a   Soccol, Carlos Ricardo ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA PELÉ PEQUENO PRÍNCIPE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cholesterol; Ganoderma lucidum; Medicinal mushroom; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL LEVELS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH-DENSITY; HYPOLIPIDEMIC; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; PERITONEAL MACROPHAGE; PLASMA CHOLESTEROL; PLASMA LIPID; SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; WHEAT GRAINS;

CHOLESTEROL; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMAS;

NUTRITION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; MUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79955066201     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0554-9     Document Type: Article

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