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A Critical Review on Health Promoting Benefits of Edible Mushrooms through Gut Microbiota

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022Ijaz

Abstract Mushrooms have long been used for medicinal and food purposes for over a thousand years, but a complete elucidation of the health-promoting properties of mushrooms through regulating gut microbiota has not yet been fully exploited. Mushrooms comprise a vast, and yet largely untapped, source of powerful new pharmaceutical substances. Mushrooms have been used in […]

Metabolic regulation of Ganoderma lucidum extracts in high sugar and fat diet-induced obese mice by regulating the gut-brain axis

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022Ijaz

Abstract In this study, an obese mouse model was developed by administering a high sugar and fat diet for 60 days, followed by administration of a special dietary supplement of Ganoderma lucidum extract for another 35 days. Then, the changes in histopathology of the liver, adipose, colon, intestines, spleen, renal and brain tissues; metabolism and transcription; and gut microbiota […]