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[#1993-04] Anti-Hypertensive Effect by the King of Mushrooms, Hiroaki Nanba
Anti-Hypertensive Effect by the King of Mushrooms Nanba, H Kobe Women’s College of Pharmacy The fungi which belong to Basidiomycetes have been used as herbal medicines for a long time. It has been found that shiitake (Lentinus edodes) and mannentake or reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) are effective against essential hypertension. The author was quite curious about the hypotensive action of Maitake (Grifola frondosa), another mushrooom belonging to basidiomycetes. In fact, the finding of this activity was a result of studying the antitumor...
read more[#1993-03] Purification of a copper binding peptide from the mushroom Grifola frondosa and its effect on copper absorption, Iwao Shimaoka et al.
Purification of a copper binding peptide from the mushroom Grifola frondosa and its effect on copper absorption Iwao Shimaoka,* Junko Kodama,* Kohsuke Nishino,t and Yoshinori Itokawa* *Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University; and tDepartment of Home Economics, Dohshisha Women’s College, Kyoto, Japan The present studies were undertaken to investigate the effect of a copper binding peptide on copper bioavailability. This peptide was extracted from the fruit bodies of the mushroom, Grifola frondosa ( maitake ), and...
read more[#1993-02] Application of limulus test (G pathway) for the detection of different conformers of (1->3)-β-D-glucans, N. Nagi et al.
Application of limulus test (G pathway) for the detection of different conformers of (1->3)-β-D-glucans Nagi N, Ohno N, Adachi Y, Aketagawa J, Tamura H, Shibata Y, Tanaka S, Yadomae T. Laboratory of Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, Tokyo College of Pharmacy The reactivity of factor G mediated coagulation pathway in limulus amebocyte lysate which is triggered by (1->3)-β-D-glucans is thought to depend on the structure of the glucans, especially on the ultrastructure: triple helix, single helix and random coil. We used Sonifilan...
read more[#1993-01] CHROMANS, HERICENONES F, G AND H FROM THE MUSHROOM HERICIUM ERINACEUM, Hirokazu Kawagishi et al.
CHROMANS, HERICENONES F, G AND H FROM THE MUSHROOM HERICIUM ERINACEUM HIROKAZU KAWAGISHI1,* MOTOHARU ANDO, KAYOKO SHINBA, HIDEKI SAKAMOTO, SATOSHI YOSHIDA, FUMIHIRO OJIMA, YUKIO ISHIGURO, NOBUO UKAI and SHOEI FURUKAWA: Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka 422, Japan; Research Institute, Kagome Co., Ltd, 17 Nishitomiyama, Nishinasuno, Tochigi 329-27, Japan; Department of Molecular Biology, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 5-6-1 Mitahora-Higashi, Gifu 502,...
read more[#1992-01] Poria Hattori, Tomohisa et al. Effect of Pachyman, a Main Component of Poria Cocos Wolf on Original-Type Anti-GBM Nephritis in Rats and Its Mechanisms
Effect of Pachyman, a Main Component of Poria Cocos Wolf on Original-Type Anti-GBM Nephritis in Rats and Its Mechanisms Tomohisa Hattori, Kazumi Hayashi, Toshiyuki Nagao, Kazuya Furuta, Mikio Ito and Yoshio Suzuki Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya 468, Japan ABSTRACT—The antinephritic effect of pachyman on original-type anti-GBM nephritis in rats was investigated. Pachyman was given to original-type anti-GBM nephritic rats for 10 days from the day of anti-GBM serum injection. Pachyman...
read more[#1991-05] Chemical Structure of Water-Soluble Alpha-Glucan in the Fruit Body of Grifola Frondosa, B. Wei et al.
Chemical Structure of Water-Soluble Alpha-Glucan in the Fruit Body of Grifola Frondosa Wei, B, Wu, Y, Okumura, N, Yamaguchi, R, Ueno, Y, Kato, K Department of Food Science, Gifu University Alpha-glucan composed of only D-glucose was extracted with boiling water from the fruit body of Grifola frondosa ( maitake ) and purified through the columns of DEAE-cellulose (borate form) and Sepharose CL-4B. The polysaccharide was found to be a glycogen-type from the results of methylation study and enzymic hydrolysis. About 1.3 ~106 of weight-average...
read more[#1991-04] Preparation and Biological Activities of Sulfated Derivatives of (1-3)-β-D-Glucans, T. Suzuki et al.
Preparation and Biological Activities of Sulfated Derivatives of (1-3)-β-D-Glucans Tatsuya SUZUKI, Naohito OHNO, Yoshiyuki ADACHI,* Alicia Fernandez CIRELLI, Javiar A. COVIAN,** and Toshiro YADOMAE* Tokyo College of Pharmacy, * 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-03, Japan and Universidad de Buenos Aires, ** Pabellon II, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina Sulfated derivatives of (1–>3)β-D-glucans with different degree of branching (DB) i.e., curdlan (linear, DB 0), grifolan (from maitake ) (6-0-substituted by...
read more[#1991-03] Enhancement of clot formation of human plasma by β-glucans, N. Ohno et al.
Enhancement of clot formation of human plasma by β-glucans Ohno N, Suzuki T, Saito K, Yadomae T. Tokyo College of Pharmacy Effects of (1->3)-β-D-glucans on clot formation of human plasma were examined. Gel forming 6 branched (1->3)-β-D-glucans, SSG, branched at every other main chain glucosyl unit, grifolan (GRN, from maitake ) and schizophyllan, branched at one third of main chain glucosyl unit, enhanced clot formation of human plasma. GRN derivatives also increased the contents of clot, but less effectively than GRN. This effect...
read more[#1991-02] Oxidative Degradation of an Antitumor (1-3)-β-D-Glucan, Grifolan, I. Nono et al.
Isao NONO, Naohito OHNO,* Akiyoshi MASUDA, Shozo OIKAWA,** and TosOxidative Degradation of an Antitumor (1-3)-β-D-Glucan, Grifolanhiro YADOMAE* Tokyo College of Pharmacy, * 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-03, Japan and Nippon Beet Sugar Mfg., Co., Ltd., ** 2-3-13 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104, Japan A (1-3)-β-D-glucan, grifolan (GRN, from maitake ), recovered from the peritoneal cavity after 1 d from i.p. injection contained a significant amount of anionic metabolite(s) having lower Mr than the parent GRN. In parallel with this...
read more[#1990-05] Isolation and characterization of a lectin from Grifola frondosa fruiting bodies, H. Kawagishi et al.
Isolation and characterization of a lectin from Grifola frondosa fruiting bodies Kawagishi H, Nomura A, Mizuno T, Kimura A, Chiba S. Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University An N-acetylgalactosamine-specific lectin (GFL) was isolated from Grifola frondosa ( maitake ) fruiting bodies by affinity chromatographies on acid-treated Sepharose CL-4B and then GalNAc-Toyopearl. The isolated lectin agglutinated all types of erythrocytes equally. Molecular masses estimated by gel filtration under various...
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