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    A Tricholoma matsutake Peptide with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitory and Antioxidative Activities and Antihypertensive Effects in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

    Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. A crude water extract of the fruiting bodies of a highly prized mushroom Tricholoma matsutakei exerted an antihypertensive action on spontaneously h...

    Xueran Geng, Guoting Tian, Weiwei Zhang, Yongchang Zhao, Liyan Zhao in Scientific Reports (2016)

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    Boletus edulis Nitrite Reductase Reduces Nitrite Content of Pickles and Mitigates Intoxication in Nitrite-intoxicated Mice

    Pickles are popular in China and exhibits health-promoting effects. However, nitrite produced during fermentation adversely affects health due to formation of methemoglobin and conversion to carcinogenic nitro...

    Weiwei Zhang, Guoting Tian, Shanshan Feng, Jack Ho Wong in Scientific Reports (2015)

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    A Fungal Alpha-Galactosidase from Pseudobalsamia microspora Capable of Degrading Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides

    An alpha-galactosidase was purified from Pseudobalsamia microspora (PMG) to 1224.1-fold with a specific activity of 11,274.5 units/mg by ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration. PMG is a monomeric protein ...

    Dongxue Yang, Guoting Tian, Fang Du in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2015)