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[#2002-14] Effects of Total Triterpenoids Extract from Ganoderma lucidum (Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst. (Reishi Mushroom) on Experimental Liver Injury Models Induced by Carbon Tetrachloride or D-Galactosamine in Mice Ming-Yu Wang et al.
Effects of Total Triterpenoids Extract from Ganoderma lucidum (Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst. (Reishi Mushroom) on Experimental Liver Injury Models Induced by Carbon Tetrachloride or D-Galactosamine in Mice Ming-Yu Wang,’ Qiang Liu,’ Qing-Ming Che,2 and Zhi-Bin Lin’ ‘Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences; and 2Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Drugs, College of Pharmacy, People’s Republic of China ABSTRACT: The effect of total triterpenoids extract isolated from Reishi, Ganoderma...
read more[#2002-13] A Phase I/II Study of a Ganoderma lucidum (Curt .: Fr.) P. Karst. (Ling Zhi, Reishi Mushroom) Extract in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B, Yihuai Gao et al.
A Phase I/II Study of a Ganoderma lucidum (Curt .: Fr.) P. Karst. (Ling Zhi, Reishi Mushroom) Extract in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Yihuai Gao,’ Shufeng Zhou,2,* Guoliang Chen,3 Xihu Dai,4 Jingxian Ye,5 and He Gao’ 1 New Zealand Institute of Natural Medicines, Auckland, New Zealand; 2 Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 3Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China; 4Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region of the Peoples’ Liberation Army,...
read more[#2002-12] Poria Sato, Mayumi et al. Dehydrotrametenolic Acid Induces Preadipocyte Differentiation and Sensitizes Animal Models of Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus to Insulin
Dehydrotrametenolic Acid Induces Preadipocyte Differentiation and Sensitizes Animal Models of Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus to Insulin Mayumi Sato, Takaaki Tai, Yoshiki Nunoura, Yukiko Yajima, Seiichi Kawashima and Keiji Tanaka We recently discovered that the triterpene acid compound dehydrotrametenolic acid promotes adipocyte differentiation in vitro and acts as an insulin sensitizer in vivo. This natural product has been isolated from dried sclerotia of Poria cocos WOLF (Polyporaceae), a well-known traditional Chinese medicinal...
read more[#2002-11] Cyclooxygenase inhibitory and antioxidant compounds from the mycelia of the edible mushroom Maitake (Grifola frondosa), Yanjun Zhang et al.
Cyclooxygenase inhibitory and antioxidant compounds from the mycelia of the edible mushroom Maitake ( Grifola frondosa ) Zhang Y, Mills GL, Nair MG. Bioactive Natural Products Laboratory, Department of Horticulture and National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Biosystems Engineering, Michigan State University The bioassay-guided isolation and purification of the hexane extract of the cultured mycelia of Maitake ( Grifola frondosa ) led to the characterization of a fatty acid fraction and three compounds, ergosterol (1),...
read more[#2002-10] Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding cellobiose dehydrogenase from the wood-rotting fungus Grifola frondosa, Makoto Yoshida et al.
Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding cellobiose dehydrogenase from the wood-rotting fungus Grifola frondosa Makoto Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Ohira, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Hiromichi Nagasawa, Masahiro Samejima GraduateSchoolof Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Abstract Cloning of a cDNA encoding cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) from the wood-rotting fungus Grifola frondosa, which produces the edible maitake mushroom, was performed using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid...
read more[#2002-09] Effects of Maitake mushroom fractions on blood pressure of Zucker fatty rats, Nadeem Talpur et al.
Effects of Maitake mushroom fractions on blood pressure of Zucker fatty rats Talpur N, Echard B, Dadgar A, Aggarwal S, Zhuang C, Bagchi D, Preuss HG. Department of Physiology, Medicine and Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center A link exists between insulin resistance and many chronic disorders of aging including advancing-age. A safer means to prevent or, at least, slow the erosion of insulin sensitivity would provide a novel approach to better health. We compared the ability of a specific extract labeled fraction SX, as well as...
read more[#2002-08] Antihypertensive and metabolic effects of whole Maitake mushroom powder and its fractions in two rat strains, N.A. Talpur
Antihypertensive and metabolic effects of whole Maitake mushroom powder and its fractions in two rat strains Talpur NA, Echard BW, Fan AY, Jaffari O, Bagchi D, Preuss HG. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center Maitake mushroom has been reported to favorably influence hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of whole Maitake mushroom powder and two extracts designated as ether soluble (ES) and water soluble (WS) on Zucker fatty rats (ZFR), a model of insulin...
read more[#2002-07] Can Maitake MD-Fraction Aid Cancer Patients?, Noriko Kodama et al.
Can Maitake MD-Fraction Aid Cancer Patients? Noriko Kodama, PhD, Kiyoshi Komuta, MD, PhD, and Hiroaki Nanba, PhD Abstract Maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) MD-fraction containing beta-1,6 glucan with beta-1,3 branched chains has previously exhibited strong anticancer activity by increasing immune-competent cell activity.1,2 In this nonrandom case series, a combination of MD-fraction and whole maitake powder was investigated to determine its effectiveness for 22- to 57-year-old cancer patients in stages II-IV. Cancer regression or...
read more[#2002-06] Effects of D-Fraction, a polysaccharide from Grifola frondosa on tumor growth involve activation of NK cells, Noriko Kodama et al.
Effects of D-Fraction, a polysaccharide from Grifola frondosa on tumor growth involve activation of NK cells Kodama N, Komuta K, Sakai N, Nanba H. Department of Microbial Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University Natural killer (NK) cells are directly cytotoxic for tumor cells and play a primary role in regulating immune responses. We monitored levels of NK cell cytotoxic activity in cancer patients receiving D-Fraction extracted from maitake mushrooms (Grifola frondosa). Elevated levels of cytotoxic activity were maintained for one year. To...
read more[#2002-05] Maitake: Finkelstein, Michael P. et al.
Chemosensitization of carmustine with maitake β-glucan on androgen-independent prostatic cancer cells: involvement of glyoxalase I Finkelstein MP, Aynehchi S, Samadi AA, Drinis S, Choudhury MS, Tazaki H, Konno S. Department of Urology, New York Medical College OBJECTIVE: To improve the poor efficacy (< 10%) of chemotherapy for patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer, we investigated a possible cytotoxic effect of carmustine/β-glucan combination on prostatic cancer PC-3 cells, focusing on a glutathione-dependent detoxifying...
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