RT Journal Article ID 697f6da867a2ae51 A1 Vitak, Taras Y. A1 Wasser, Solomon P. A1 Nevo, Eviatar D. A1 Sybirna, Nataliya O. T1 The Effect of the Medicinal Mushrooms Agaricus brasiliensis and Ganoderma lucidum (Higher Basidiomycetes) on the Erythron System in Normal and Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats JF International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms JO IJM YR 2015 FD 2015-05-06 VO 17 IS 3 SP 277 OP 286 K1 medicinal mushrooms K1 streptozotocin K1 diabetes mellitus K1 red blood cell K1 Agaricus brasiliensis K1 Ganoderma lucidum K1 erythron system AB Diabetes mellitus (DM) is accompanied by the development of hypoxia, which disturbs the physicochemical properties of the erythrocyte membrane and further leads to the occurrence of anemia and a reduction of the lifespan. In response, the body activates compensatory reactions directed at a renewal of the red blood cell pool and an increase in tissue oxygenation. In this study the influence of Agaricus brasiliensis and Ganoderma lucidum medicinal mushroom mycelia on the erythron system of control and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats were investigated. Wistar outbred white male rats were intraperitoneally injected with saline (control rats) or STZ (50 mg/kg, DM rats) and orally treated with placebo or submerged culture mycelium powder (1 g/kg/day) for 2 weeks. Peripheral blood erythrocytes were collected. Hypoglycemic effects of A. brasiliensis and G. lucidum occurred in the diabetic rats, as evidenced by decreased blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin concentrations. In STZ-diabetic animals treated with submerged culture mycelium powder, an increase in the number of erythrocytes in the bloodstream (an antianemic effect), erythrocyte resistance to acid hemolysis, and the normalization of fetal hemoglobin concentrations, along with the intensification of erythropoiesis were observed. In conclusion, our results suggest that in diabetic animals A. brasiliensis and G. lucidum have therapeutic effects that manifest in hypoglycemic and antianemic action. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,7b35b5ed6bb0a817,697f6da867a2ae51.html