Actions of lectins from the mushroom Tricholoma mongolicum on macrophages, splenocytes and life-span in sarcoma-bearing mice

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1 A, 1997, Pages 419-424

  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; Immunomodulation; Lectin; Mitogenic response; Tricholoma mongolicum

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; LECTIN; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIFESPAN; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA 180; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; LECTINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGENS; NITRITES; SARCOMA 180; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031043745     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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