Direct tumor growth suppressive effect of melanoidin extracted from immunomodulator-PSK

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 341-344

  Kamei, Hideo ^a   Hashimoto, Yoko ^b   Koide, Tatsurou ^a   Kojima, Takashi ^c   Hasegawa, Makoto ^a   Umeda, Tessei ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Gakuin School of Dentistry   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanin; Melanoidin; PSK

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MELANOIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; COLON CANCER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031458809     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cbr.1997.12.341     Document Type: Article

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