Antrodan, a ß-glucan obtained from Antrodia cinnamomea mycelia, is beneficial to benign prostate hyperplasia.

Peng, Chiung-Chi; Lin, Yi-Ting; Chen, Kuan-Chou; Chyau, Charng-Cherng; Peng, Robert Y

Peng, Chiung-Chi; Lin, Yi-Ting; Chen, Kuan-Chou; Chyau, Charng-Cherng; Peng, Robert Y.

Affiliation

Peng CC; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing St., Taipei 110, Taiwan.

Food Funct ; 6(2): 635-45, 2015 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25537160

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Antrodia/chemistry; Plant Extracts/pharmacology; Prostate/drug effects; Prostatic Hyperplasia/drug therapy; beta-Glucans/pharmacology; Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology; Antigens, CD/genetics; Antigens, CD/metabolism; Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/genetics; Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism; Aromatase/genetics; Aromatase/metabolism; Cadherins/genetics; Cadherins/metabolism; Cholesterol, HDL/blood; Cholesterol, LDL/blood; Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics; Cyclooxygenase 2/metabolism; Dihydrotestosterone/blood; Disease Models, Animal; Down-Regulation; Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/drug effects; Estradiol/genetics; Estradiol/metabolism; Humans; Interleukin-1/genetics; Interleukin-1/metabolism; Male; Middle Aged; Prostate/metabolism; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reactive Oxygen Species; Receptors, Androgen/genetics; Receptors, Androgen/metabolism; Testosterone/blood; Up-Regulation; Vimentin/genetics; Vimentin/metabolism

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Prostate / Prostatic Hyperplasia / Plant Extracts / Beta-Glucans / Antrodia Type of study: Prognostic_studies Language: En Journal: Food Funct Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Taiwan

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