title: Polysaccharides in fungi. XIV. Anti-inflammatory effect of the polysaccharides from the fruit bodies of several fungi.
abstract: Anti-inflammatory assays on the carrageenin-induced edema and scald-induced hyperalgesia in the hindpaw of rats were studied on polysaccharides obtained from the fruit bodies of various fungi (polysaccharide AC, BC: Tremella fuciformis;MEA, MHA, MCW-A, MCW-N: Auricularia auricula-judae; T-2-HN: Dictophora indusiata;G-A: Ganoderma japonicum). The purified polysaccharides MHA, MCW-A, G-A and T-2-HN exhibited a significant inhibitory effect on carrageenin edema. Among these polysaccharides, T-2-HN (partially O-acetylated alpha-D-mannan) also showed the marked inhibitory effect on scald hyperalgesia. We have found that T-2-HN has more potent anti-inflammatory activity than phenylbutazone in the above two inflammatory models. Since the purified polysaccharide is free from protein and lipid, it is clear that anti-inflammatory effect arises from the polysaccharide itself. The polysaccharides (T-2-HN, locust bean gun, xanthan gum) had little effect on the metabolism of arachidonic acid in canine platelets. The mechanism of the anti-inflammatory activity of the polysaccharide remains obscure.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000097:blood; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000032:analysis*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002351:Carrageenan; D004285:Dogs; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011134:Polysaccharides; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D002351:Carrageenan