Restoration of sensory dysfunction following peripheral nerve injury by the polysaccharide from culinary and medicinal mushroom, Hericium erinaceus (Bull.: Fr.) Pers. through its neuroregenerative action

• Main Authors: Wong, K.H., Kanagasabapathy, G., Bakar, R., Phan, C.W., Sabaratnam, V.
• Format: Article
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alimentos 2015
• Subjects: QH Natural history; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19453/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-457X.6838

Peripheral nerves have the unique capability to regenerate after injury. Insights into regeneration of peripheral nerves after injury may have implications for neurodegenerative diseases of the nervous system. We investigated the ability of polysaccharide from Hericium erinaceus mushroom in the trea...