Immunomodulation and antitumor activity of polysaccharide-protein complex from the culture filtrates of a local edible mushroom, Tricholoma lobayense

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 621-624

  Liu, F ^a   Ooi, V E C ^a   Liu, W K ^a   Chang, S T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antitumor; Immunomodulation; Mushroom; Polysaccharide protein complex; Reactive nitrogen intermediate; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS CULTURE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030176198     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02058-6     Document Type: Article

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