Antitumor activities of low molecular weight fraction derived from the cultured fruit body of Sparassis crispa in tumor-bearing mice

Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 419-423

  Yamamoto, Kyosuke ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Kimura, Takashi ^a   Dombo, Munehiko ^a   Matsuura, Nariaki ^b   Sugitachi, Akio ^c  

^a UNITIKA LTD   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Takamatsu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Sparassis crispa

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; MUS; SPARASSIS CRISPA;

EID: 35948999671     PISSN: 1341027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/nskkk.54.419     Document Type: Article

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