Monthly Archives: June 2014
From A to Shiitake — Japanese Mushrooms May Offer Certain Benefits
From A to Shiitake — Japanese Mushrooms May Offer Certain BenefitsBy Leslie K. Kay, MS, RDToday’s Dietitian Vol. 12 No. 11 P. 20Fall is a great season to enjoy an exotic food once reserved for royalty. While often considered a vegetable and prepared like one, the mushroom is actually a fungus, a special type of […]
Ergothioneine – Foods For Living
Ergothioneine InteractionsErgothioneine/Drug Interactions:Antidiabetic agentsAntidiabetic agents: Although there was a lack of a statistically significant difference between the mean ergothioneine concentrations of the diabetic and nondiabetic populations, some subpopulations of diabetic patients had markedly elevated levels of ergothioneine compared with nondiabetic individuals 32.Anti-inflammatory agentsAnti-inflammatory agents: According to a review, prominent expression of the ergothioneine transporter, ETT, […]
Mushrooms are top source for one antioxidant, ergothioneine – Medical News Today
Mushrooms are top source for one antioxidant, ergothioneineFriday 2 September 2005 – 12am PST Nutrition / Dietadd your opinionemail Add your ratingCurrent ratings for:Mushrooms are top source for one antioxidant, ergothioneinePublic / Patient: 5 ratingsHealth Professionals: 0 ratingsUsing a new, more sensitive-testing approach they developed for fungi, Penn State food scientists have found that mushrooms are a […]
PLOS ONE: Clinical and Biochemical Correlates of Serum L-Ergothioneine Concentrations in Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Clinical and Biochemical Correlates of Serum L-Ergothioneine Concentrations in Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older AdultsSalvatore Sotgia mail, Angelo Zinellu, Arduino A. Mangoni, Gianfranco Pintus, John Attia, Ciriaco Carru, Mark McEvoyPublished: January 02, 2014DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084918ArticleAbout the AuthorsMetricsCommentsRelated ContentAbstractIntroductionMaterials and MethodsResultsDiscussionAcknowledgmentsAuthor ContributionsReferencesReader Comments 0FiguresAbstractBackgroundDespite the increasing interest towards the biological role of L-ergothioneine, little is known about the […]
The National Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease
What is chronic kidney disease CKD?Chronic kidney disease includes conditions that damage your kidneys and decrease their ability to keep you healthy by doing the jobs listed. If kidney disease gets worse, wastes can build to high levels in your blood and make you feel sick. You may develop complications like high blood pressure, anemia […]
Ergothioneine; antioxidant potential, physiological function and role in disease
Since its discovery, the unique properties of the naturally occurring amino acid, L-ergothioneine EGT; 2-mercaptohistidine trimethylbetaine, have intrigued researchers for more than a century. This widely distributed thione is only known to be synthesized by non-yeast fungi, mycobacteria and cyanobacteria but accumulates in higher organisms at up to millimolar levels via an organic cation transporter […]
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is treatment that uses your body’s own immune system to help fight cancer. Get information about the different types of immunotherapy and the types of cancer they are used to treat. Read More about Immunotherapy
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