edible Basidiomycete fungi that contains oligosaccharides. Here we have studied the
antiinflammatory effect of AHCC in the trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) model of colitis in
rats. Rats received AHCC (100 or 500 mg/kg) daily starting 2 d before (pretreatment) colitis
induction and were killed 6 d after the TNBS challenge. The status of the rats was assessed
by morphological and biochemical methods. The effect of AHCC on the colonic microflora …