[#1999-03] Effect of maitake (Grifola fr...

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 fractions of molecular weight of...

[#1999-02] Preparation of Antibody again...

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 other polysaccharides such as...

[#1998-07] Cordyceps Zhu, Jia-Shi et al ...

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.

[#1998-05] Purification and Characteriza...

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 detected in a basidiomycete,...

[#1998-04] Modification of cellular immu...

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 (Grifola frondosa) fruit...

[#1998-03] Activation of by administrati...

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 antibody. A kinetic study of...