Antitumor effects of micellary mushroom extracts in a murine tumor model

Biotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-273

  Suga, Yasuyo ^a   Takatsuki, Fumihiko ^a   Suga, Tetsuya ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,3 Glucan (Lentinan; LNT); Antitumor effects; Micellary mushroom extracts (MME)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; MICELLARY MUSHROOM EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICELLE; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; TUMOR;

EID: 0038802710     PISSN: 09142223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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