Lentinus edodes was used as research material and the water-soluble polysaccharides extracted were explored in the following aspects:
1. An enzymatic method for analysis ofβ-glucans, which are effective constituents in polysaccharides from Lentinus edodes, has been studied. Thus, the quality control could be carried on to the raw material. After hydrolyzing by thermo stableα-amylase, papain and amyloglucosidase, the content of glucose was measured by GOD-PAP method and that ofβ-gluc...