A water-soluble extract from culture medium of ganoderma lucidum mycelia suppresses the development of colorectal adenomas

Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Oka, Shiro ^a   Tanaka, Shinji ^a   Yoshida, Shigeto ^a   Hiyama, Toru ^b   Ueno, Yoshitaka ^a   Ito, Masanori ^c   Kitadai, Yasuhiko ^c   Yoshihara, Masaharu ^b   Chayama, Kazuaki ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Clinical trial; Colorectal adenoma; Ganoderma lucidum

Indexed keywords

GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCELIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOMA; AGED; CHEMISTRY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCER; SOLUBILITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCELIUM; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REISHI; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 77953639145     PISSN: 00182052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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