03/27/2019 / By Michelle Simmons
A new study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food found that polysaccharide extract from reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) contains hypolipidemic, antioxidant, and antiapoptotic properties that work against obesity. In this study, a team of researchers at Hunan Agricultural University in China looked at the effect of reishi mushroom polysaccharides on obesity.
In sum, the findings of the study indicate that polysaccharides from reishi mushroom exhibit hypolipidemic, antioxidant, and antiapoptotic effects against obesity caused by high-fat diets.
Read the full text of the study at this link.
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Journal Reference:
Liang Z, Yuan Z, Li G, Fu F, Shan Y. HYPOLIPIDEMIC, ANTIOXIDANT, AND ANTIAPOPTOTIC EFFECTS OF POLYSACCHARIDES EXTRACTED FROM REISHI MUSHROOM, GANODERMA LUCIDUM (LEYSSER: FR) KARST, IN MICE FED A HIGH-FAT DIET. Journal of Medicinal Food. 12 December 2018; 21(12). DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2018.4182
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