Effect of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides on the growth of Bifidobacterium spp. as assessed using real-time PCR

• Main Authors: Shaari, Yamin, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Ariff, Arbakariya, Abu Bakar, Fatimah, Abdul Khalil, Khalilah, Othaman, Muhammad Anas, Abd Manap, Mohd Yazid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41010/1/Effect%20of%20Ganoderma%20lucidum%20polysaccharides%20on%20the%20growth%20of%20Bifidobacterium%20spp.%20as%20assessed%20using%20real-time%20PCR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41010/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/19%20%2803%29%202012/%2856%29%20IFRJ%2019%20%2803%29%202012%20Shuhaimi.pdf

The use of component from Ganoderma lucidum as prebiotic source is interesting as the G. lucidum itself was known for more than a decade in the traditional Chinese medicine. In this work, Ganoderma lucidum crude polysaccharides (GLCP) and Polysaccharide-fraction number 2 (PF-2) were used as carbon s...