Constituents actually responsible for the antioxidant activities of crude polysaccharides isolated from mushrooms

The major chemical constituents and antioxidant activities of water-soluble polysaccharide (PS) fractions isolated from three edible mushrooms were investigated. Crude PS (CPS) isolated from the mushroom hot water extract by ethanol precipitation contained 15–30% (w/w) total protein and 2–5% phenoli...

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Main Authors: Ka-Chai Siu, Xia Chen, Jian-Yong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464614002710