Hypoglycemic effect of crude exopolysaccharides produced by Cerrena unicolor- Coprinus comatus- and Lenzites betulina isolates in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

dc.contributor.author Mustafa Yamac
dc.contributor.author Melih Zeytinoglu
dc.contributor.author Gungor Kanbak
dc.contributor.author Gokhan Bayramoglu
dc.contributor.author Hakan Senturk
dc.contributor.author Senturk, Hakan
dc.contributor.author Kanbak, Gungor
dc.contributor.author Yamac, Mustafa
dc.contributor.author Bayramoglu, Gokhan
dc.contributor.author Zeytinoglu, Melih
dc.date.accessioned 2025-10-06T16:22:36Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.description.abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the hypoglycemic activity of crude exopolysaccharides (EPS) produced by three mushroom isolates in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The three experimental groups were fed EPS of Cerrena unicolor (Bull.) Murrill (Polyporaceae) Coprinus comatus (O.F. Mull.) Pers. (Agaricaceae) and Lenzites betulina (L.) Fr. (Polyporaceae) for 7 days. The serum glucose levels significantly decreased after oral administration of EPS by 61.23% with Cerrena unicolor 42.78% with Coprinus comatus and 42.08% with Lenzites betulina. According to histological observations based on staining in pancreatic tissues Langerhans islet areas and cell numbers of diabetic animals increased in response to EPS treatment. In conclusion our findings clearly suggest that exopolysaccharides produced by three mushroom isolates decreased blood glucose levels in STZ-induced diabetic rats. Therefore the studied mushroom exopolysaccharides might be developed as potential oral hypoglycemic agents in the control of diabetes mellitus. This is the first attempted in vivo study using exopolysaccharides of local mushroom isolates for medicinal purpose in Turkey.
dc.description.sponsorship Eskisehir Osmangazi University Research Foundation [200619016]; Scientific Research and Application Center (FBAM); Biology Department of Eskisehir Osmangazi University
dc.description.sponsorship This is study was supported by the Eskisehir Osmangazi University Research Foundation (Project no: 200619016), Scientific Research and Application Center (FBAM) and Biology Department of Eskisehir Osmangazi University. The authors wish to thank Dr. Berna Yazici for statistical analysis and Burcu Altinay, Dr. Onur Koyuncu, Dr. M. Halil Solak, and Mr. O. Koray Yaylaci for their technical support.
dc.description.sponsorship Eskisehir Osmangazi University; Eskişehir Osmangazi University Research Foundation, (200619016); FBAM; Scientific Research and Application Center
dc.identifier.doi 10.1080/13880200802436950
dc.identifier.issn 1388-0209
dc.identifier.issn 1744-5116
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dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13880200802436950
dc.identifier.uri https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/7443
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1080/13880200802436950
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
dc.relation.ispartof Pharmaceutical Biology
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY
dc.subject Diabetes mellitus, mushroom, Cerrena unicolor, Coprinus comatus, Lenzites betulina
dc.subject ACIDIC POLYSACCHARIDE, SUBMERGED CULTURE, TREMELLA-AURANTIA, FRUITING BODIES, STRUCTURAL FEATURES, CORDYCEPS-SINENSIS, GLUCOSE-METABOLISM, MOUSE-LIVER, MUSHROOM, FUNGI
dc.subject Coprinus Comatus
dc.subject Diabetes Mellitus
dc.subject Cerrena Unicolor
dc.subject Mushroom
dc.subject Lenzites Betulina
dc.title Hypoglycemic effect of crude exopolysaccharides produced by Cerrena unicolor- Coprinus comatus- and Lenzites betulina isolates in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
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