Current development of polysaccharides from Ganoderma: Isolation, structure and bioactivities

Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-20

  Nie, Shaoping ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Li, Wenjuan ^a   Xie, Mingyong ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioactivities; Ganoderma; Isolation; Polysaccharides; Structural features

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE; XYLOSE;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER THERAPY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; GANODERMA; GANODERMA JAPONICUM; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GANODERMA RESINACEUM; GANODERMA TSUGAE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84882244013     PISSN: 22126198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcdf.2013.01.001     Document Type: Review

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