Effect of Culinary-Medicinal Lion's Mane Mushroom, Hericium erinaceus (Bull.: Fr.) Pers. (Aphyllophoromycetideae), on Ethanol-induced gastric ulcers in rats

• Main Authors: Abdulla, M.A., Ali, Hapipah Mohd, Wong, K.H., Abdullah, N., Sabaratnam, V., Noor, S.M.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/5486/; http://www.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,74677e1376d0a2ef,7b730fb74363f438.html
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The cytoprotective effect of Hericium erinaceus freeze-dried fruiting bodies was investigated against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury in rats. Four groups of adult male Sprague Dawley rats were pretreated with distilled water (negative control), 250 mg kg(-1) H. erinaceus, 500 mg kg(-1) H. er...