Plants, polysaccharides, and the treatment and prevention of neoplasia

Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 189-225

  Pelley, Ronald P ^a   Strickland, Faith M ^b  

^a Pangea Phytoceuticals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acemannan; Acetylated mannans; Aloe; Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity; Beta glucans; Beta mannans; Biological response modifiers; Botanical medicine; Cancer surveillance; CD11b CD18; Complement receptor 3; Complementary and alternative medicine; Cytoprotection; Immunotherapy; Lentinan; Mushrooms; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Oligosaccharides; PSK; PSP; Schizophyllan; Skin immune system; Tumor immunity; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACEMANNAN; ALOE BARBADENSIS EXTRACT; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BCG VACCINE; BETA GLUCAN; CAMPTOTHECIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKINE; DOCETAXEL; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; LENTINAN; LEVAMISOLE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCHIZOPHYLLAN; TENIPOSIDE; TOPOTECAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; TUMOR GROWTH; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; YEAST;

EID: 0034443298     PISSN: 08939675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/critrevoncog.v11.i34.10     Document Type: Review

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