Immunomodulatory activities and antioxidant properties of polysaccharides from Monascus-fermented products in vitro

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1483-1489

  Tseng, Kuo Chuan ^a   Fang, Tony J ^a   Chiang, Shen Shih ^a,b   Liu, Chin Feng ^b   Wu, Cheng Lun ^c   Pan, Tzu Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Sunway Biotechnology Company Limited   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Immunomodulatory; Monascus; Polysaccharides; Raw 264.7 cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MONASCUS; MOUSE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RICE; YAM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIOSCOREA; FERMENTATION; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MONASCUS; ORYZA SATIVA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PURPUREUS;

EID: 84859432682     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4731     Document Type: Article

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