Effects of extracts from Brazilian sun-mushroom (Agaricus blazei) on the NK activity and lymphoproliferative responsiveness of Ehrlich tumor-bearing mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 909-916

  Kaneno, R ^a   Fontanari, L M ^a   Santos, S A ^b   Di Stasi, L C ^a   Rodrigues Filho, E ^c   Eira, A F ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agaricus blazei; Ehrlich; Mushroom; Natural killer; Tumor

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; AMINO ACID; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGARICUS BLAZEI; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SCREENING; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INOCULATION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPLEEN CELL; TARGET CELL;

AGARICUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; COMPLEX MIXTURES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

AGARICUS; AGARICUS BLAZEI; ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 1942534103     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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