Isolation and Characterization of Lectin from the Artist's Conk Medicinal Mushroom, Ganoderma applanatum (Agaricomycetes), and Evaluation of Its Antiproliferative Activity in HT-29 Colon Cancer Cells.

The growth and lectin production of Ganoderma applanatum, a white rot fungus, was optimized in broth cultures. The fungus was found to have a higher growth rate and higher lectin activity when grown in a medium adjusted to pH 6.5 at 26°C under stationary conditions.

Influence of Fe-Doping on the Structural, Morphological, Optical, Magnetic and Antibacterial Effect of ZnO Nanostructures.

Pure and Fe-doped ZnO nanostructures with different weight ratios (0.5, 1.0, 1.

Phyto mediated biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles using leaf extract of Andrographis echioides and its bio-efficacy on anticancer and antibacterial activities.

The present study reveals the efficiency of Andrographis echioides for green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The leaf aqueous extract of A. echioides was used for the synthesis of AgNPs and they were characterized by UV-visible, High Resonance Scanning Electron Microscope (HRSEM), Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis.

Immunopotentiating properties of extracellular polysaccharide from Trametes hirsuta strain VKESR.

The effectiveness of extracellular polysaccharides isolated from Trametes hirsuta strain VKESR was evaluated for their immunostimulating properties by in vitro lymphocyte proliferation, phagocytic assay, NK cell activity and cytokine quantification. The splenocyte proliferation assay showed that the extracellular glucans found to have good stimulation index and enhances the NK cell mediated tumor killing. It promotes phagocytosis in treated macrophages in a dose dependent manner.

Optimization of extracellular glucan production from Pleurotus eryngii and its impact on angiogenesis.

Pleurotus eryngii, an edible mushroom with therapeutic potential was optimized using response surface methodology of four-factor Box-Behnken design for maximum mycelial biomass and extracellular glucan (EPS) production. The model predicts to gain a maximal mycelial biomass and extracellular polysaccharide at 39.4 g/l; 36.