Combination therapy of transplanted Meth-A fibrosarcoma in BALB/c mice with protein-bound polysaccharide EA6 isolated from enokitake mushroom Flammulina velutipes (W.Curt.:Fr.)Singer and surgical excision

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 213-220

  Maruyama, Hirofumi ^a   Ikekawa, Tetsuro ^a,b  

^a Japanese Association for Integrative Medicine   (Japan)

^b Japanese Assoc for Integrative Med   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antitumor effect; Combination therapy; EA6; Flammulina velutipes; Immunopotentiator; Protein bound polysaccharide; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; OKT 4; OKT 8; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE EA6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRAFT; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURGERY; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LEWIS CARCINOMA; LIFESPAN; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 20844459329     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v7.i12.200     Document Type: Article

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