Products and methods

(canceled)

A method for producing an extract for use in prevention or treatment of infection, inflammation, inflammatory damage, oxidative damage, atherosclerosis, heart disease, a stomach, intestinal or liver inflammatory condition or complication thereof, promoting or stimulating regeneration or healing or in reducing elevated cholesterol and/or triglycerides levels in an individual, comprising:

• (a) providing a food matrix comprising a population of cells and/or spores of a food fungus;
• (b) admixing said food matrix in a liquid phase and;
• (c) isolating the liquid phase to produce the extract.

A method to screen, identify or assess activity of a molecule, compound or product that can inhibit inflammatory damage, lysosomal damage, acidic damage, SOD- or IgG or other immunoglobulin medicated damage, peroxidase or hydrogen peroxide induced damage, or other forms of oxidative damage, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a protein or proteins with a Greek key domain, which capable of forming an electron-transfer complexes in a proton excess over electron production, in an acidic environment with pH between 4.0-4.5 and below 6.0-6.5;
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• (b) monitoring for the generation of hydrogen peroxide and/or the oxidation due to the generation of hydrogen peroxide.