Structural characterization of two Hericium erinaceus polysaccharides and their protective effects on the alcohol-induced gastric mucosal injury
Chuanli Hou1, Liangyun Liu1, Jiaoyan Ren1
1School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.
Abstract:
Hericium erinaceus, a traditional edible mushroom, is known as a medicine food homology to ameliorate gastrointestinal diseases. However, the relationship between the structural characteristics of Hericium erinaceus and its stomach-protecting activity remains unclear. Here, the structural properties of two polysaccharides from Hericium erinaceus, mycelium polysaccharide (HMP) and fruiting body polysaccharide (HFP) were investigated by spectral approaches. The results showed that the distribution of HMP was more uniform compared to HFP. Both HMP and HFP have triple helix structures, but the HMP conformation showed greater stability. Subsequently, the preventive effect of HMP and HFP on ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury was also evaluated in rats and GES-1 cells, and it showed that both HMP and HFP had significant protective activity against gastric mucosal injury, but HMP showed better activity than HFP. These results suggested that conformational stability polysaccharide in Hericium erinaceus is more related to its gastric-protecting activity.
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