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[#1999-03] Effect of maitake (Grifola frondosa) water extract on inhibition of adipocyte conversion of C3H10T1/2B2C1 cells, R. Nakai et al.

Effect of maitake (Grifola frondosa) water extract on inhibition of adipocyte conversion of C3H10T1/2B2C1 cells Nakai R, Masui H, Horio H, Ohtsuru M. Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Human Environmental Science, Mukogawa Women’s University We investigated the effect of maitake (Grifola frondosa) water extract on inhibiting the conversion of C3H10T1/2B2C1 cells into adipocytes. Maitake water extract was fractionated by molecular sieve. Heat-labile compounds strongly inhibiting adipocyte conversion proved to occur in...

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[#1999-02] Preparation of Antibody against Antitumor R-Glucan in Maitake ( Grifola frondosa ) and Its Application, Masashi Mizuno et al.

Preparation of Antibody against Antitumor R-Glucan in Maitake ( Grifola frondosa ) and Its Application Masashi MIZUNO, Akio YAMAKAWA, Kenichiro MINATO, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Shigenobu TATSUOKA, Hirofumi TERAI and Hironobu TSUCHIDA Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe , Japan Antibodies against an antitumor β-glucan purified from Grifola frondosa (GGF) were raised in the rabbit by subcutaneous immunization. Our antibodies reacted significantly with GGF by an ELISA inhibition assay. The antibodies did not recognize...

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[#1999-01] Medicinal Effect and Utilization of Cordyceps (Fr.) Link (Ascomycetes) and lsaria Fr. (Mitosporic Fungi) Chinese Caterpillar Fungi, “Tochukaso” (Review)*, Takashi Mizuno

Medicinal Effect and Utilization of Cordyceps (Fr.) Link (Ascomycetes) and lsaria Fr. (Mitosporic Fungi) Chinese Caterpillar Fungi, “Tochukaso” (Review)* Takashi Mizuno Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Japan ABSTRACT: Cordiceps (Fr.) Link species (Tochukaso in Japanese, Chinese caterpillar fungi) are a parasite on ci­cada larvae that forms its scleotium in the insect larvae. At present, the fruiting bodies of Cordyceps species are not cultivated or cultured. However,...

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[#1998-07] Cordyceps Zhu, Jia-Shi et al The Scientific Rediscovery of a Precious Ancient Chinese Herbal Regimen, Part 2

Cordyceps sinensis is a time-honored tonic food and herbal medicine in China, where recent research has shown that many of its traditional uses may be viewed from the basis of pharmacological activities.  The ongoing exploration of C. sinensis in its wild form and cultured, fermented mycelial products derived from it, are reviewed from English and Chinese literature.

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[#1998-06] Triterpenes from the Spores of Ganoderma lucidum and Their Inhibitory Activity against HIV-I Protease, Byung-Sun Min et al.

Triterpenes from the Spores of Ganoderma lucidum and Their Inhibitory Activity against HIV-I Protease Byung-Sun Min, Norio NAKAMURA, Hirotsugu MIYASHIRO, Ki-Whan Bae, and Masao HATTORI   Two new lanostane-type triterpenes, lucidumol A and ganoderic acid β, were isolated from the spores of Reishi ( Ganoderma lucidum ), together with a new natural one and seven that were known. The structures of the new triterpenes were determined as (24S)-24,25-dihydroxylanost-8-ene-3,7-dione and 3β,7β-dihydroxy-11,15-dioxo­lanosta-8,24(E)-dien-26-oic...

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[#1998-05] Purification and Characterization of a Trehalose Synthase from the Basidiomycete Grifola frondosa (Maitake), Koki Saito et al.

Purification and Characterization of a Trehalose Synthase from the Basidiomycete Grifola frondosa ( Maitake ) KOKI SAITO,1 TOSHIYA KASE,1 EIICHI TAKAHASHI,1 EISAKU TAKAHASHI,1 AND SUEHARU HORINOUCHI2* Nishiki Research Laboratories, Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.,Fukushima, Japan,1 and Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan2 A trehalose synthase (TSase) that catalyzes the synthesis of trehalose from D-glucose and α-D-glucose 1-phosphate (α-D-glucose 1-P) was...

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[#1998-04] Modification of cellular immune responses in experimental autoimmune hepatitis in mice by maitake (Grifola frondosa), Keiko Kubo et al.

Modification of cellular immune responses in experimental autoimmune hepatitis in mice by maitake (Grifola frondosa) Keiko Kubo and Hiroaki Nanba Department of Microbial Chemistry,KobePharmaceuticalUniversity, ,Japan   Immune response to liver-specific lipoprotein (LSP) is involved in the pathogenesis of chronic active hepatitis. Experimental hepatitis could thus be prepared in C57BL/6 mice by injection of liver-specific protein in a syngeneic liver homogenate with Freund’s complete adjuvant. In hepatitic mice treated with maitake...

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[#1998-03] Activation of by administration with gel-forming (1->3)-β-D-glucan from Grifola frondosa (Maitake), Yoshiyuki Adachi et al ‘Grifolan ‘

Activation of  by administration with gel-forming (1->3)-β-D-glucan from Grifola frondosa ( Maitake ) Adachi Y, Ohno N, Yadomae T. Laboratory of Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science The effect of gel-forming (1->3)-β-D-glucan on the immunological activities of murine kupffer cells was examined. A branched type gel-forming (1->3)-β-D-glucan, GRN, was administered intravenously to mice. GRN associating to kupffer cells was detected by an immunohistochemical technique using anti-GRN...

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[#1998-02] Adjuvant Effect of Grifolan on Antibody Production in Mice, Adachi Yoshiyuki et al.

Adjuvant Effect of Grifolan on Antibody Production in Mice Yoshiyuki ADACHI, Yoko SUZUKI, Naohito OHNO, and Toshiro YADOMAE* Laboratory of Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan. The effects of grifolan (GRN from maitake ), a gel-forming (1—>6)-branched (1—>3)-β-glucan, on antibody production were examined. Sera from mice that were injected with GRN and trinitrophenyl ovalbumin (TNP-OVA) in­traperitoneally showed a significantly increased level of anti-TNP...

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[#1998-01] The Scientific Rediscovery of an Ancient Chinese Herbal Medicine: Cordyceps sinensis Part I, Jia-Shi Zhu et al.

The Scientific Rediscovery of an Ancient Chinese Herbal Medicine: Cordyceps sinensis Part I JIA-SHI ZHU, M.D., Ph.D., GEORGES M. HALPE.  M.D., Ph.D.,and KENNETH JONES ABSTRACT This review presents Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc., a fungus highly valued in China as a tonic food and herbal medicine. The extant records show the continued use of C. sinensis is now centuries old. The major chemical, pharmacological, and toxicological studies on C. sinen­sis and the various derived, cultured, fermented mycelia’ products currently in use...

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