ENZIME ACTIVITY OF HIGHER BASIDIOMYCETES MUSHROOM GRIFOLA FRONDOSA

Immunomodulating activities of cultivated maitake medicinal mushroom Grifola frondosa (Dicks.: Fr.) S.F. Gray (higher Basidiomycetes) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

Grifola frondosa is a culinary-medicinal mushroom that contains several physiologically active compounds, of which polysaccharides, specifically β-glucans, are known to possess immunomodulating properties. Its extracts are studied for application as adjuncts for chemotherapy, and experiments in animal models support the use of this mushroom for cancer treatment. The effect of extracts obtained ...

Purification and Immune Activity of Small- Molecule Polysaccharides from Grifola Frondosa

A water-soluble crude polysaccharide preparation (GFP) was obtained from Grifola frondosa fruit bodies by hot water (100 °C) extraction, followed by ethanol (75%) precipitation. Purified polysaccharides, GFP75-2D was obtained from the crude material by successive fractionation using DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow ion exchange chromatography and Sephacryl S gel filtration chromatography. GFP75-2D main...

A Comparison of Antinociceptive Activity of Mycelial Extract from Three Species of Fungi of Basidiomycetes

The antinociceptive activity of mycelial extract from fermented mushroom of Ganoderma lucidum Coprinus comatus and Grifola frondosa were studied in this paper. The writhing test, formalin test and hot-plate test were used to evaluate the antinociceptive activity of the acetone extracts of the three Species of Fungi of Basidiomycetes in the study respectively. The extract of Ganoderma lucidum in...

A water-soluble extract from Grifola frondosa, maitake mushroom, decreases lipid droplets in brown adipocyte tissue cells.

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 adipocyte tissue (WAT) cells but does not inhibit that of pre BAT cells. It reduces the amount of accumulated triglycerides (TG) in BAT cells. The glycerol-3-phosphate dehydroge...

Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma neo-japonicum and Grifola frondosa towards rat