Studies on anti-inflammatory activity of sulfated polysaccharides from cultivated fungi Antrodia cinnamomea

Abstract Polysaccharides (PSs) and sulfated polysaccharides (SPSs) were isolated from sodium sulfate-, and potassium sulfate-feeding mycelia of Antrodia cinnamomea and their chemical components and molecular weight distribution were studied. The highest value of SPS content in the SPSs was 1.22 mmol/g SPSs for sodium sulfate 1 mM feeding for 49 days. SPSs of A. cinnamomea contained five fractions. The area percentage of low-molecular-weight SPSs (