Triterpenoids and polysaccharide peptides-enriched Ganoderma lucidum: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study of its antioxidation and hepatoprotective efficacy in healthy volunteers - Chiu, Hui-Fang; Fu, Hui-Yu; Lu, Yan-Ying; Han, Yi-Chun; Shen, You-Cheng; Venkatakrishnan, Kamesh; Golovinskaia, Oksana; Wang, Chin-Kun (Pharmaceutical biology, 2017)
Keywords: Adult; Aging; alanine transaminase; Antifungal agents; antioxidant activity; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - pharmacology; aspartate transaminase; Cross-Over Studies; Deoxyguanosine - analogs & derivatives; Deoxyguanosine - analysis; dinner; Double-Blind Method; Double-blind studies; Enzymes; Fatty liver; Female; females; Fungi; Ganoderma lucidum; Glutathione; Guanosine; Healthy Volunteers; hepatic markers; Hepatitis; Humans; Hyperglycemia; hypertension; Liver - drug effects; lunch; Male; males; medicinal fungi; Middle Aged; Oriental traditional medicine; Oxidative stress; Oxidative Stress - drug effects; placebos; Polyporaceae; Polysaccharides; Protective Agents - pharmacology; Proteoglycans - pharmacology; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Reishi - chemistry; Thiobarbituric acid; Thiols; Traditional Chinese medicine; Transaminase; Triterpenes - pharmacology; Triterpenoids; ultrasonic examination; ultrasonics; hepatic markers; Oxidative stress; fatty liver; ultrasonic examination