Structure Elucidation and Immunomodulatory Activity of A Beta Glucan from the Fruiting Bodies of Ganoderma sinense

Xiao-Qiang Han; Gar-Lee Yue; Rui-Qi Yue; Cai-Xia Dong; Chung-Lap Chan; Chun-Hay Ko; Wing-Shing Cheung; Ke-Wang Luo; Hui Dai; Chun-Kwok Wong; Ping-Chung Leung; Quan-Bin Han

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100380

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Structure Elucidation and Immunomodulatory Activity of A Beta Glucan from the Fruiting Bodies of Ganoderma sinense

Xiao-Qiang Han ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-Qiang Han, Gar-Lee Yue

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China, Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Gar-Lee Yue ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-Qiang Han, Gar-Lee Yue

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Rui-Qi Yue,

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Cai-Xia Dong,

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Chung-Lap Chan,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Chun-Hay Ko,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Wing-Shing Cheung,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Ke-Wang Luo,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Hui Dai ,

* E-mail: simonhan@hkbu.edu.hk (Q-BH); daihui@bjmu.edu.cn (HD)

Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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Chun-Kwok Wong,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Ping-Chung Leung,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Quan-Bin Han

* E-mail: simonhan@hkbu.edu.hk (Q-BH); daihui@bjmu.edu.cn (HD)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Structure Elucidation and Immunomodulatory Activity of A Beta Glucan from the Fruiting Bodies of Ganoderma sinense

Xiao-Qiang Han,
Gar-Lee Yue,
Rui-Qi Yue,
Cai-Xia Dong,
Chung-Lap Chan,
Chun-Hay Ko,
Wing-Shing Cheung,
Ke-Wang Luo,
Hui Dai,
Chun-Kwok Wong

Published: July 11, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100380

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