Gut commensal <i>Parabacteroides goldsteinii</i> plays a predominant role in the anti-obesity effects of polysaccharides isolated from <i>Hirsutella sinensis</i>

Wu, Tsung-Ru; Lin, Chuan-Sheng; Chang, Chih‐Jung; Lin, Tzu-Lung; Martel, Jan; Ko, Yun‐Fei; M. Ojcius, David; Lu, Chia‐Chen; Ding‐E Young, John; Lai, Hsin‐Chih

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2017-315458

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Gut commensal Parabacteroides goldsteinii plays a predominant role in the anti-obesity effects of polysaccharides isolated from Hirsutella sinensis

Published in Gut • Jul 14, 2018

Authors:

Tsung-Ru Wu

Chuan-Sheng Lin

Chih‐Jung Chang

Abstract

Objective The medicinal fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis and its anamorph Hirsutella sinensis have a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine for their immunomodulatory properties. Alterations of the gut microbiota have been described in obesity and type 2 diabetes. We examined the possibil...

Subject

Gut flora

Biology

Polysaccharide

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