The safety of normal and excessive ingestion of Agaricus blazei in healthy persons

Japanese Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1247-1257

  Enoki, Ryosuke ^a   Inatomi, Satoshi ^a   Ouchi, Kenji ^a   Adumi, Yoshihito ^a   Mashiko, Kento ^b  

^a J   (Japan)

^b Kodama Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agaricus blazei; Extract; Safety

Indexed keywords

AGARUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 33846057570     PISSN: 03863603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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