Bioactive polysaccharides from Cordyceps sinensis: Isolation, structure features and bioactivities

Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-52

  Nie, Shaoping ^a,b   Cui, Steve W ^a,b   Xie, Mingyong ^a   Phillips, Aled O ^c   Phillips, Glyn O ^d,e  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Phillips Hydrocolloid Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioactivities; Isolation; Polysaccharides from C. sinensis; Structural features

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON; CORDYGLUCAN DERIVATIVE; CS 81002; CS F 10; CS F 30; CS F10; CS F30; CS I; CSP 1; CT 4N; DEXTRO GLUCAN; GALACTOSE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOLYSIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MANNOGLUCAN; MANNOSE; POLYMYXIN B; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCP 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGING; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASE; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84882246120     PISSN: 22126198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcdf.2012.12.002     Document Type: Review

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