期刊名称：Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
印刷版ISSN：0301-4800
电子版ISSN：1881-7742
出版年度：1992
卷号：38
期号：4
页码：335-342
DOI：10.3177/jnsv.38.335
出版社：Center for Academic Publications Japan
摘要：The present study was undertaken to isolate component(s) which contributes to the hypocholesterolemic action of Ningyotake ( Polyporus confluens ) mushroom. The mushroom powder was extracted with 80% ethanol, and the extract and residue were fractionated into five fractions according to the solubility to solvents. When each fraction was added to a diet containing 1 % cholesterol and 0.25% sodium cholate and fed to rats, the plasma cholesterol level was significantly decreased only by ethyl acetate-soluble fraction. Therefore, ethyl acetate-soluble fraction was further fractionated by silica gel column chromatography. Two major compounds, which comprised 45.0% and 28.5% of the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction, were obtained in a pure form by the chromatog-raphy, and the compounds were identified as grifolin (2- trans, trans -farnesyl-5-methylresorcinol) and neogrifolin (4- trans, trans -farnesyl-5-methylresorcinol), respectively. The addition of grifolin and neogrifolin to the high cholesterol diet was found to lower plama cholesterol level significantly.
