Research Article

Antioxidant and Immunomodulatory Activities of Polysaccharides from Fermented Wheat Products of Grifola frondosa: In Vitro Methods

Table 1

Physicochemical properties of G. frondosa mycelium and fermented wheat polysaccharide samples.

Sample% (w/w)Molar ratios of monosaccharide compositionC
Yield (g/100 g)Total sugarAProteinBManGlcGalRhaAra

Wheatbac1.0026.45c1.23a0.15a0.35b
GFA-PDAaaa1.0015.34ab1.13a0.67d0.92d
GFB-PDAaaab1.0013.98a1.43a0.32b0.12a
GFC-PDAaaab1.0012.02a0.87a0.98e0.75c
GFA-wheatbab1.0022.34c2.43b0.65d0.12a
GFB-wheatbac1.0021.45bc2.23b0.38bc0.14a
GFC-wheatbac1.0022.45bc3.78c0.45c0.43b

APolysaccharide content was determined by subtracting free reducing sugars from total reducing sugars after hydrolysis with H2SO4 as described in Materials and Methods. Each value is expressed as (). Means with different letters within a line are significantly different (). BProtein content was determined by the Bradford method. Each value is expressed as (). Means with different letters within a line are significantly different (). CMan: mannose; Glc: glucose; Gal: galactose; Rha: rhamnose; Ara: arabinose. Each value is expressed as a mean ratio of mannose content. Means with different letters within a line are significantly different ().