MT-α-Glucan from the fruit body of the maitake medicinal mushroom Grifola frondosa (Higher Basidiomyetes) shows protective effects for hypoglycemic pancreatic β-cells

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-381

  Lei, Hong ^a   Zhang, Minmin ^a   Wang, Qin ^a   Guo, Shuzhen ^a   Han, Juncheng ^a   Sun, Hanju ^a   Wu, Wutong ^b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

glucan; Grifola frondosa; Hypoglycemic; Medicinal mushrooms; Pancreatic cell protective effect; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; GRIFOLA FRONDOSA EXTRACT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INSULIN; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ROSIGLITAZONE; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID DIET; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GRIFOLA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; LIPIDS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; GRIFOLA FRONDOSA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84879054555     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v15.i4.50     Document Type: Article

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