Indian medicinal mushrooms as a source of antioxidant and antitumor agents

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-162

  Ajith, Thekkuttuparambil A ^a   Janardhanan, Kainoor K ^b  

^a AMALA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antitumor; Medicinal mushroom

Indexed keywords

GONADERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; KRESTIN; LENTINAN; PACLITAXEL; PHELLINUS RIMOSUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLEUROTUS FLORIDA EXTRACT; PLEUROTUS PULMONARIUS EXTRACT; SCHIZOPHYLLAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ASCITES TUMOR; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG USE; EUMYCOTA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; INSOMNIA; LIVER DISEASE; MUSHROOM; NEPHRITIS; NEURASTHENIA; NONHUMAN; PHELLINUS RIMOSUS; PLEUROTUS; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH ULCER;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; PHELLINUS RIMOSUS; PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS FLORIDANUS;

EID: 34250827908     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.40.157     Document Type: Review

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