Citric-acid-assisted upcycling of Sparassis latifolia pseudosclerotia into thermoreversible polysaccharide hydrogels: Structure–property relationships and antioxidant activity in vitro and in vivo
Zhiheng Qiu, Bei Jiang, Di Zhou, Jiayang Hou, Bo Bao, Yongshun An, Lu Ma, Hao Liu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jiazhi Zhao, Xia Ren, Tianlai Li, Lili Shu · 2026
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Zhiheng Qiu and a large team of co-authors turn a discarded fungus part into a useful gel in a 2026 study. The firm resting bodies of a mushroom are often thrown away in farm production. With help from citric acid, the team drew out their long sugar chains and formed clear gels that melt and reset with heat.
The gels held water well, swelled fast, and showed a linked inner network under close study. In lab tests the gel slowed damage from a harmful radical. In mice, a high dose raised two protective enzyme levels in blood and cut a damage marker in the spleen. The authors see food uses ahead.
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| CREATOR | Zhiheng Qiu, Bei Jiang, Di Zhou, Jiayang Hou, Bo Bao, Yongshun An, Lu Ma, Hao Liu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jiazhi Zhao, Xia Ren, Tianlai Li, Lili Shu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 75 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |