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2003 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Given prior to infection, Lentinan stimulates host defense against M. tuberculosis in mice.
According to recent research from Bulgaria, the "protective effects of Lentinan (Ajinomoto, Japan) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection were studied by in vitro and in vivo mouse models."
"The effectiveness of Lentinan administrated intraperitoneally (i.p.) before infection at a dose of 1 mg/kg three times at two-day intervals was monitored in vivo by several parameters (body temperature; spleen weight; CFU counts of M. tuberculosis in spleen, liver and lung; and histomorphological observations)," explained N. Markova and coauthors working at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia.
"Peritoneal macrophages obtained from animals treated with Lentinan were greatly stimulated, as assayed by establishing their number, acid phosphatase activity, H[subscript]2O[subscript]2 production and killing ability against M. ...