[#2008-12] Maitake Obi, Nobuko et al. In...

Inhibitory Effect of TNF-α Produced by Macrophages Stimulated with Grifola frondosa Extract (ME) on the Growth of Influenza A/Aichi/2/68 Virus in MDCK Cells Nobuko Obi,∗,‡ Katsumi Hayashi,§ Tatsurou Miyahara,† Yutaka Shimada,∗,‡Katsutoshi Terasawa,‡,§ Masataka Watanabe,/ Masahide Takeyama, Ryosuke Obi∗ and Hiroshi Ochiai†,‡ ∗Departments of Oriental Medicine and †Human Science, Faculty ofMedicine ‡21st Century COE Program, University of Toyama §Department of Frontier Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba...

[#2008-11] Maitake: Mori, Koichiro et al...

Antiatherosclerotic effect of the edible mushrooms Pleurotus eryngii (Eringi), Grifola frondosa (Maitake), and Hypsizygus marmoreus (Bunashimeji) in apolipoprotein E?deficient mice Mori K(a,b), Kobayashi C(c), Tomita T(c), Inatomi S(b), Ikeda M(c,d) a) Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, b)Mushroom laboratory, Hokuto Corporation, c)Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of Shizuoka, d)College of Environment and Disaster Research, Fuji Tokoha University In the present study, we examined the antiatherosclerotic effects of 3 edible...

[#2008-10] A Water-Soluble Extract from ...

A Water-Soluble Extract from Grifola frondosa, Maitake Mushroom, Decreases Lipid Droplets in Brown Adipocyte Tissue Cells Katsuhiko MINAMINO, Yumi NAGASAWA and Masaru OHTSURU Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Human Environmental Science, Mukogawa Women’s University, Nishinomiya 663-8558, Japan (Received August 2, 2007) Summary We investigated the effect of a water-soluble extract from Grifola frondosa, the maitake mushroom, on lipid droplets in brown adipocyte tissue (BAT) cells. This water-solu­ble extract inhibits the conversion of pre white...

[#2008-09] Bioactive Substance from Grif...

Bioactive Substance from Grifola frondosa (Maitake) Mushroom Inhibits CCAAT Enhancer Binding Protein β and δ Expression on C3H10T1/2 B2C1 Adipocyte Cells Katsuhiko MINAMINO, Yuri YANAGA and Masaru OHTSURU* Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Human Environmental Science, Mukogawa Women’s University, Nishinomiya 663-8558, Japan Summary Bioactive compound substances from Maitake (Grifola frondosa) inhibited adi­pocyte differentiation of B2C1 preadipocytes. This compound is not related to MAP kinase (ERK1 and ERK2) cascades or β-catenin, which...

[#2008-08] Inhibitory Effect of MD-Fract...

Inhibitory Effect of MD-Fraction on Tumor Metastasis: Involvement of NK Cell Activation and Suppression of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule (ICAM)-1 Expression in Lung Vascular Endothelial Cells Yuki MASUDA,*,a Yukihito MURATA,a Masahiko HAYASHI,b and Hiroaki NANBAa aDepartment of Microbial Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University and b Department of Pharmacy, Iwaki Meisei University The anti-metastatic activity of MD-Fraction extracted from the maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) was examined in an experimental murine model of lung metastasis. Intraperitoneal...

[#2008-07] Submerged culture mycelium an...

Submerged culture mycelium and broth of Grifola frondosa improve glycemic responses in diabetic rats. Lo HC, Hsu TH, Chen CY. Department of Medical Education and Research, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan. Grifola frondosa ( maitake ), an edible fungus with a large fruiting body and overlapping caps, has been demonstrated to be a natural source of health-promoting substances, mainly due to its polysaccharides β-glucan. By using male Wistar rats injected with saline (normal rats) or nicotinamide plus streptozotocin (diabetic rats), we investigated the effects...