Gut microbiota: Ganoderma lucidum, a new prebiotic agent to treat obesity?
Modulation of the gut microbiota is one of the promising tools to tackle obesity. Chang and colleagues have recently shown that an extract of the mushroom Ganoderma lucidum, a traditional remedy in Asia, can reduce obesity in mice by modulating the gut microbiota, thereby exerting a prebiotic effect.
Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue E. Mounier 73, B1.73.11, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue E. Mounier 73, B1.73.11, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D062610:Fungal Polysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000187:drug effects*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D009765:Obesity / Q000382:microbiology*; D020940:Reishi
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D062610:Fungal Polysaccharides