Comparative chemical and biological investigations of β-glucan-containing products from shiitake mushrooms

Comparative chemical and biological investigations of β-glucan-containing products from shiitake mushrooms

Extracts from Shiitake mushrooms (SME) are promoted for health claims, especially for their immunomodulatory effects but references reveal that contamination with bacterial lipopolysaccharides may provide false positive results. Therefore, we characterised chemical and biological aspects of commerci...

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Main Authors: Carsten Gründemann, Manuel Garcia-Käufer, Barbara Sauer, Rainer Scheer, Simon Merdivan, Philipp Bettin, Roman Huber, Ulrike Lindequist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
Medicinal mushrooms
Lentinula edodes
β-Glucans
Immunomodulation
Safety
Lymphocytes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464615004077

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