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Composition and Systemic Immune Activity of the Polysaccharides from an Herbal Tea (Lycopus lucidus Turcz)

Yang, Xingbin ; You, Liwen LU ; Tian, Lingmin and Zhao, Yan (2010) In Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58(10). p.6075-6080
Abstract
This study was undertaken to characterize the water-soluble polysaccharides isolated from an herbal tea, the leaves of L. lucidus Turcz. HPLC analysis showed that L. lucidus polysaccharides (LLPs) were mainly composed of galactose (50.1 mol %), followed by galacturonic acid (14.2 mol %), accounting for 64.3 mol % of all quantitative nine monosaccharides. Furthermore, we evaluated the systemic immunological efficacy of LLPs in mice. Mice were intragastrically administered once daily with low-dose (50 mg/kg), intermediate-dose (100 mg/kg), and high-dose (300 mg/kg) of LLPs, respectively, for 30 consecutive days. In comparison with vehicle, LLPs significantly enhanced the plaque-forming cells (PFCs), and serum hemolysin level, and... (More)
This study was undertaken to characterize the water-soluble polysaccharides isolated from an herbal tea, the leaves of L. lucidus Turcz. HPLC analysis showed that L. lucidus polysaccharides (LLPs) were mainly composed of galactose (50.1 mol %), followed by galacturonic acid (14.2 mol %), accounting for 64.3 mol % of all quantitative nine monosaccharides. Furthermore, we evaluated the systemic immunological efficacy of LLPs in mice. Mice were intragastrically administered once daily with low-dose (50 mg/kg), intermediate-dose (100 mg/kg), and high-dose (300 mg/kg) of LLPs, respectively, for 30 consecutive days. In comparison with vehicle, LLPs significantly enhanced the plaque-forming cells (PFCs), and serum hemolysin level, and delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) in response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) in a dose-dependent manner (p<0.01). In LLPs-treated mice, phagocytosis capacity and concanavalin A-induced spleenocyte proliferation were remarkably increased (p < 0.05). The intermediate- and high-dose of LLPs also caused a significant increase in the indices of thymus and spleen organs of mice (p < 0.05). This suggests that the polysaccharides derived from the tea leaves of L. lucidus improves the immune system and might be regarded as a biological response modifier. (Less)
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polysaccharides, L. lucidus Turcz, tea leaves, HPLC, immunomodulatory, activity
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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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58
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10
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6075 - 6080
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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0021-8561
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10.1021/jf101061y
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English
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  author       = {{Yang, Xingbin and You, Liwen and Tian, Lingmin and Zhao, Yan}},
  issn         = {{0021-8561}},
  keywords     = {{polysaccharides; L. lucidus Turcz; tea leaves; HPLC; immunomodulatory; activity}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{6075--6080}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Composition and Systemic Immune Activity of the Polysaccharides from an Herbal Tea (Lycopus lucidus Turcz)}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf101061y}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jf101061y}},
  volume       = {{58}},
  year         = {{2010}},
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