title: Hypoglycemic effect of Lentinus strigosus (Schwein.) Fr. crude exopolysaccharide in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: ABSTRACT This study reports the hypoglycemic effects of the crude exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced from submerged mycelial culture of Lentinus strigosus (Schwein.) Fr. (Family Polyporaceae) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. In a dose-dependent study, diabetic rats were treated with EPS at doses of 50-150 mg/kg of body weight for 7 days. Serum glucose and plasma insulin levels were measured in normal, STZ-induced diabetic, and EPS-treated diabetic rats. Following oral administration of EPS dosages for 7 days, the serum glucose levels in the STZ-induced diabetic rats were reduced up to 21.1% at the dose of 150 mg/kg of body weight. The results revealed that orally administered L. strigosus EPS, at the dose of 150 mg/kg, exhibited a considerable hypoglycemic effect in STZ-induced diabetic rats. Plasma insulin levels of STZ-induced diabetic rats decreased as compared to control group rats (P < .05). Although insulin levels slightly increased in the EPS-treated groups the increase was not statistically significant. The hypoglycemic potential of the EPS was further supported by histological observations of pancreatic islets of Langerhans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Science and Arts Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamac
authors.forename: Gungor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kanbak
authors.forename: Melih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeytinoglu
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bayramoglu
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Senturk
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uyanoglu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004435:Eating; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000473:pathology; D020074:Lentinula / Q000737:chemistry; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D013311:Streptozocin
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D011134:Polysaccharides; D013311:Streptozocin