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  "abstract": "Edible mushroom polysaccharide (EMP) preparations have repeatedly improved glycemic control, adiposity, lipid homeostasis and hepatic lipid accumulation in animal models, and luminal assays and microbiota-perturbation experiments support the routes involved. Selected preparations also thicken, emulsify, retain water and modify food matrices. Yet these findings rarely concern the same material: metabolic, mechanistic and techno-functional studies usually examine different preparations, and retained function is seldom assessed after formulation, processing and digestion. This narrative review uses preparation identity, defined by biological source, processing route and resulting material characteristics, to integrate preparation chemistry, gastrointestinal mechanisms, animal and human outcomes, food-system behavior and food-use considerations. Molecular size, solubility, hydration, binding and fermentability provide a shared physicochemical basis for food-matrix performance and gastrointestinal interactions. Animal doses, human intakes and food-matrix loadings overlap at gram scale, which leaves functional delivery as the unresolved step. Controlled human trials are still few, small and dissimilar in design, so translation remains to be tested. The central question is therefore whether a reproducible EMP preparation can retain its intended function in an acceptable food and produce matched human outcomes. Progress depends on following the same characterized preparation from production and food incorporation through processing, consumption and human evaluation.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Sericulture Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230061, China.",
    "Edible and Medicinal Mushroom Innovation Centre, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230061, China.",
    "Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230001, China.",
    "Public Teaching Department, Discipline of Food Nutrition and Health, Anhui Finance & Trade Vocational College, Hefei 230601, China.",
    "Institute of Agro-Products Processing, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230001, China."
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  "author_total": 6,
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      "name": "Ming Chen",
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      "name": "Ruifan Zou",
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      "name": "Jie Chen",
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      "name": "Yuping Zhang",
      "orcid": "0009-0005-9959-0024"
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    {
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      "name": "Huan Diao"
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    {
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      "name": "Yayuan Xu",
      "orcid": "0009-0004-7180-699X"
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  "doi": "10.3390/foods15193514",
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  "language": "eng",
  "licence": "CC-BY",
  "licence_label": "CC BY",
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  "pdf_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13664489?pdf=render",
  "pmcid": "PMC13664489",
  "pmid": "42883621",
  "published": "2026-10-01",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/9jxb31jhty4s3.ris",
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    {
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  ],
  "title": "Edible Mushroom Polysaccharides as Functional Food Ingredients for Metabolic Health: Preparation, Techno-Functional Behavior, and Requirements for Translation.",
  "title_text": "Edible Mushroom Polysaccharides as Functional Food Ingredients for Metabolic Health: Preparation, Techno-Functional Behavior, and Requirements for Translation.",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:19:00Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/9jxb31jhty4s3",
  "venue": "Foods (Basel, Switzerland)",
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