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A review of polysaccharides from Schisandra chinensis and Schisandra sphenanthera: Properties, functions and applications

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This review summarizes the physicochemical properties and biological functions of polysaccharides from two Schisandra fruits, and the application prospects of these bioactive macromolecules in future daily life and medicine.
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This article is published in Carbohydrate Polymers.The article was published on 2018-03-15. It has received 98 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Schisandra & Schisandra chinensis.

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Potential of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. in Human Health and Nutrition: A Review of Current Knowledge and Therapeutic Perspectives.

TL;DR: SCE exerts a protective effect against skin photoaging, osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, senescence, and mitochondrial dysfunction, and improves physical endurance and cognitive/behavioural functions, which can be linked with its general anti-aging potency.
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Polysaccharides from Auricularia auricula: Preparation, structural features and biological activities.

TL;DR: This review has summarized current knowledge about extraction and purification methods, structural features, biological activities and potential molecular mechanisms of A. auricula, and the proposed structure-activity relationships of AAPs.
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Isolation, structural properties, bioactivities of polysaccharides from Dendrobium officinale Kimura et. Migo: A review.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper presented the extraction, purification, structural characteristics, bioactivities, structure-activity relationships and analyzes gaps in the current research on D. officinale polysaccharides.
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Protein Measurement with the Folin Phenol Reagent

TL;DR: Procedures are described for measuring protein in solution or after precipitation with acids or other agents, and for the determination of as little as 0.2 gamma of protein.
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Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances

TL;DR: In this article, a method was developed to determine submicro amounts of sugars and related substances using a phenol-sulfuric acid reaction, which is useful for the determination of the composition of polysaccharides and their methyl derivatives.
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Carbohydrate analysis by a phenol-sulfuric acid method in microplate format.

TL;DR: This work has modified and optimized the phenol-sulfuric acid method to use 96-well microplates for high throughput, to gain greater sensitivity, and to economize the reagents.
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Pharmacology of Schisandra chinensis Bail.: An overview of Russian research and uses in medicine

TL;DR: Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Bail is often referred to as an example of a medicinal plant with use in modern Chinese medicine and has been used as an adaptogen in the official medicine of the USSR in the early 1960s.
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Pharmacology of Schisandra chinensis Bail an overview of Russian research and uses in medicine

Alexander Panossian, +1 more
- 25 Nov 2008 - 
TL;DR: The considerable diversity of pharmacological effects of Schisandra chinensis reported in numerous studies carried out in the former USSR are described and which have been confirmed over more than 40 years of use of the plant as an official medicinal remedy.
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