A polysaccharide-peptide complex from cultured mycelia of the mushroom Tricholoma mongolicum with immunoenhancing and antitumor activities

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-100

  Wang, H X ^a   Ng, T B ^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 activity; Immunoenhancing activity; Polysaccharide peptide complex; Tricholoma mongolicum

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING FACTOR; MITOGENIC AGENT; NITRITE; PEPTIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AGARICUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; SARCOMA 180; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGARICUS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; MACROPHAGE-ACTIVATING FACTORS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGENS; NITRITES; PEPTIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SARCOMA 180; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030348063     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o96-010     Document Type: Article

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