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  • Open Access
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Lipid Fraction from Agaricus brasiliensis as a Potential Therapeutic Agent for Lethal Sepsis in Mice

  • Kely Campos Navegantes Lima,
  • Silvia Leticia de França Gaspar,
  • Ana Ligia de Brito Oliveira,
  • Sávio Monteiro dos Santos,
  • Lucas Benedito Gonçalves Quadros,
  • Juliana Pinheiro de Oliveira,
  • Rayane Caroline dos Santos Pereira,
  • Alexandre Guilherme da Silva Dias,
  • Lucas da Silva Gato and
  • Marta Chagas Monteiro
  • + 6 authors

Sepsis is a potentially fatal clinical condition that results from an immune imbalance in the host during an infection. It presents systemic alterations due to excessive activation of pro-inflammatory mediators that contribute to inflammation, format...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,570 Views
14 Pages

Agaricus brasiliensis KA21 May Prevent Diet-Induced Nash Through Its Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anti-Fibrotic Activities in the Liver

  • Anna Nakamura,
  • Qi Zhu,
  • Yoko Yokoyama,
  • Naho Kitamura,
  • Sena Uchida,
  • Kayo Kumadaki,
  • Kazuo Tsubota and
  • Mitsuhiro Watanabe

4 November 2019

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a progressive disease that occurs in the liver. As the number of people with NASH has increased, effective prevention and treatment strategies are needed. Agaricus brasiliensis KA21 (AGA) is a mushroom native t...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,497 Views
13 Pages

Antioxidant and Antibacterial Effect of Agaricus brasiliensis Extract on Raw and Cooked Pork Patties during Storage

  • Rey David Vargas-Sánchez,
  • Brisa del Mar Torres-Martínez,
  • Nelson Huerta-Leidenz,
  • Félix Joel Ibarra-Arias,
  • Juana Fernández-López,
  • Gastón Ramón Torrescano-Urrutia,
  • José Ángel Perez-Alvarez and
  • Armida Sánchez-Escalante

Edible mushrooms have been proposed as a natural ingredient to prevent loss of quality in meat products. This study aimed to compare the antioxidant and antibacterial effects of Agaricus brasiliensis aqueous-ethanol extract (ABE, at 0, 0.5, and 1.0%)...